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obvious, however, that a Washington visit during
nq of these
working days could only be nccommodeted by eenceHii< cut some
other part of a program which the Thai considered ospnti,. nd
of primary interpst to the membprs of th- Mi-ion, rd whir- Ky
this time had bei scheduled nnd c:,nfir.,.i. NW t.-r ....
0t
Amnuai in New York, nor Dr. Atanuay Ltn Bangkow wrr, w.iling to
forfeit
any of these ess,'ntinls and ATD/W rMeucl-ntly acced~d
to their wishes.
Several T ai did, however, brirg their wivws
to Wqshington for sightseein, during onr weekend.
UNFAVORABLE FACTORS
In programming international nisi tors, it 0; often di fficult
to achieve perfection; some problems are "ound to
ermir and the
possibilities are increased in rropnrti:;1 tc t:e 'itmaor,
their
stature, affluence, and the rprcgrwm -,plicat..ocz.
prcgram had the potentin] for innuni rb.,ni mahats.
T!" TOMi
(twitnstandi/,g
the many trinsactions in this qFat mov:.,g v;voir , ynl" two major
disappointments occurred an:d Lho'r Wivcx vee on.y )
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Thai participants.
These were the abhtetd me,-tngs
. Kifveland
and Atlanta which have previously heen mp0onted.
The st~tur', and
affluene, of many :,f the Thai oustnew:smen wim a:,mpcsed most of th
Mission also gnve them a gr,:.a JL l e ? I atVM, an!d ,.r'ilp:ndrncr.
They were on the trip primari ly to rrsup Wir bagnSSi Sterests,
and the Cl.eve.and und AMlnt, trips
th;t
w,,r,-- prorrammed simply did
not fit in with their ovn busiress reqi reflCtiL. Pernmpn thn majcr
difficulty was rooted in the azt that tmre was
no meeting of the
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