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The itinerary was approved by Dr. Amnuay but evidently the
individual team members were never consulted. It was not until
they arrived in New York on Monday, May 6, that CIPM discovered
there was no enthusiasm on the part of the group to go to Atlanta
and CIPM was unable to make airline reservations until the identity
of the travelers to Atlanta could be established. Paul Sithi-Amnuai
and Dr. Amnuay Viravan (12) agreed to resolve the matter, but
hearing nothing by Wednesday morning, May 8, CIPM called Atlanta
and cancelled the trip. There has been some criticism from the
business c
nity in Atlanta over this cancellation. Paul Sithi-
Amnuai has urfted a letter of apology to the Atlanta group and
sent it to Bangkok with a request that it be sent out over Minister
Pote Sarison's name.
The letter had not been dispatched from
Bangkok at the time or this report.
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SPMINAR
According to Dr. Amnuay, A.M.A. had originally asked him to
make a presentation in New York at a Management Seminar. When
Dr. Amnuay was developing his idea for an investment mission he
asked Paul Sithi-Amnuai, representative of Bangkok Bank Ltd. in
New York, to find out whether A.M.A. would be interested in
arranging an investment seminar at the time that would coincide
with the visit of the Thai Prime Minister to New York. The threeday
seminar was scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, May 6-8,
1968. Mohammed Z. Khaiser, an A.M.A. Program Director, was given
the assignment of organizing it. A.M.A. identified it as Briefing
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