LETTER TO GENERAL W. BEDELL SMITH FROM PHILIP W. THAYER

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• Publication Date: August 2, 1952
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MEMORANDUM FOR: GII,}.L SMITH
You have been invited to attend a Conference of
Southeast Asia being sponsored by the School of
Advanced International Studies, during the week of
August 11th.
May we express your regrets?
14 Aug 2
DATE)
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OF
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
August 2, 1952
General W. Bedell Smith
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
for the Conference may be completed.
Allen Dulles and a number of the other people in
your organization are interested in the work of the Conference
on Southeast Asia being sponsored by the School during the
week of August eleventh. I hope that, if you are going to
be in Washington during that time, you may find it possible
to attend some of the sessions. I am enclosing a copy of
the Conference program for your information, together with
a ticket of admission.
I would appreciate it very much if you would have.
your secretary let us know whether or not you will be able
to attend any of the meetings in ,der that various details
Philip Wj Thayer
PWT:pm
Note for record: Dean Thayer's office called 8/5/52 AM to inquire
about sending an invitation to General and Mrs. Smith for Monday evening,
8/11. They were asked to express to Dean Thayer General Smith's
appreciation for the invitation and his regrets that his heavy schedule
would not permit his attendance at any of the sessions of the Conferelr a,
and also that General and Mrs. Smith would not be able to accept an
invitation for Monday evening because of a prior commitment. lee
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 SCHOOL OF ADVANCED
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
of
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Program of Conference
on
SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE
COMING WORLD
_ 4uguot 11-15, 1952
State Department Auditorium
Washington, D. C.
 OUNCEMENTS
The Conference on Southeast Asia in
the Coming World is being sponsored by
the School of Advanced International
Studies of The Johns Hopkins University,
Washington, D. C., with the cooperation
of the Rockefeller Foundation. Philip W.
Thayer, Dean of the School of Advanced
International Studies, will act as General
Chairman of the Conference and as Editor
of the Proceedings, which will be published
by the Johns Hopkins Press.
Through the cooperation of the Depart-
.ment of State, the meetings will be held in
the State Department Auditorium, New
State Building, 21st Street and Virginia
Avenue, N.W. A change may be necessary
on Wednesday, August 13th. If so, due
notice will be given.
Attendance at the Conference is by invi-
tation only, and participants will present
the enclosed ticket of admission at the
opening of each session. Participants will
register at the close of the morning ses-
sion on August 11th. Late-comers may
register upon arrival.
MONDAY, AUG, 11
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Honorary Chairman: His Excellency,
JAMES BARRINGTON, Ambassador of
Burma to the United States.
Chairman : PAUL M. A. LINEBARGER, Pro-
fessor of Asiatic Politics, School of
Advanced International Studies.
9:00 a.m. The Honorable JOHN M.
ALLISON, Assistant Secretary of State
for Far Eastern Affairs: United States
Policy in Southeast Asia.
9:30 a.m. PAUL H. CLYDE, Professor of
History, Duke University: Continuity
in United States Far Eastern Policy.
10:45 a.m. GEORGE McT. KAHIN, As-
sistant Professor of Government and
Executive Director, Southeast Asia
Program, Cornell University: Post
War Problems in the Southeast Asia
Policy of the United States.
2:30 p.m. AMRY VANDENBOSCH, Chair-
man, Department of Political Science,
University of Kentucky: Our Friends
and Antagonists in Southeast Asia.
3:45 p.m. RUPERT EMERSON, Chairman,
Department of Government, Harvard
University: Our Responsibilities in
Southeast Asia.
A discussion period will follow each
paper, except the opening address.
 TU?AY, AUGUST 12
ECONOMICS
Honorary Chairman: His Excellency,
POTE SARASIN, Ambassador of Thai-
land to the United States.
Chairman : MERRILL C. GAY, Economic
Adviser to the Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs, Department of State.
9:30 a.m. CLAUDE A. Buss, Professor
of History, Stanford University:
Diplomacy and Economic Development
in Southeast Asia: New Relationships.
10:45 a.m. CHARLES J. SHOHAN, Export-
Import Bank: National Economic Plan-
ning in Southeast Asia.
2:30 p.m. FREDERICK KOYLE, Partner,
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., Merchant
Bankers: Export-Import Problems in
Southeast Asia. .
3:45 p.m. E. H. G. DOBBY, Professor of
Geography, University of Malaya:
Food and the Changing Function of
Southeast Asia.
A discussion period will follow each
paper.
WEDNESDAY, AUVT 13
CULTURE
Honorary Chairman: His Excellency,
NONG KIMNY, Ambassador of Cam-
bodia to the United States.
Chairman: CORA Du Bois, Director of
Research, Institute of International
Education.
9:30 a.m. RICHARD A. GARD, Lecturer
on Far East Affairs, School of Ad-
vanced International Studies: Ideolog-
ical Problems in Southeast Asia.
10:45 a.m. KENNETH P. LANDON, Officer
in Charge, Thai and Malayan Affairs,
Department of State: Current Prob-
lems in Southeast Asian Cultural
Borrowings.
2:30 p.m. PAUL M. A. LINEBARGER,
Professor of Asiatic Politics, School of
Advanced International Studies: Com-
munism as a Competing Civilization in
Southeast Asia.
3:45 p.m. KENNETH E. WELLS, Re-
search Specialist, Division of Research
for the Far East, Southeast Asia
Branch, Department of State: The Cul-
tural Implementation of Governmental
Programs in Southeast Asia.
A discussion period will follow each
paper.
 THU?AY, AUGUST 14
LAW
Honorary Chairman : His Excellency, ALI
SASTROAMIDJOJO, Ambassador of Indo-
nesia to the United States.
Chairman : CONRAD E. SNOW, Assistant
Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs,
Department of State.
9:30 a.m. HTIN AUNG, Rector, Univer-
sity of Rangoon: Customary Law in
Burma.
10:45 a.m. R. SUPOMO, President, Uni-
versity of Indonesia: The Future of
Adat Law in the Reconstruction of
Indonesia.
2:30 p.m. PHILIP W. THAYER, Dean,
School of Advanced International
Studies: The Impact of the New States
of Southeast Asia on the Development
of International Law.
3:45 p.m. His Excellency, CARLOS P.
ROMULO, Ambassador of the Philip-
pines to the United States: The Posi-
tion of Southeast Asia in the World
Community.
A discussion period will follow each
paper.
FRIDAY, AUG*15
PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE
Chairman : CLAYTON LANE, Director, Far
East Program Division, Mutual Secu-
rity Agency.
9:30 a.m. CLARENCE R. DECKER, Assist-
ant Director for Far East, Mutual
Security Agency: The Future Policy
of the United States Government in
Southeast Asia.
10:00 a.m. MELVILLE H. WALKER, Direc-
tor of Far Eastern Division, National
Foreign Trade Council: The Economic
and Business Outlook in Southeast
Asia.
10:30 a.m. RUFUS S. SMITH, Provost,
New York University: The Role of the
American Universities in Southeast
Asia.
12:00 noon: Adjournment.
A discussion period will follow each
paper.
 REPRESE TIVES OF^SOUTHEAST
r _P
ASIAN UNIVERSITIES
K. KULARATNAM, Professor of Geography,
University of Ceylon.
NAI KASEM UDYANIN, Dean of the Faculty
of Political Science, Chulalongkorn
University.
Vu Qum THONG, Professor of Law, Uni-
versity of Hanoi.
R. SUPOMO, President, University of
Indonesia.
E. H. G. DOBBY, .Professor of Geography,
University of Malaya.
MELCHOR AQUINO, Press Attache and
Director of Information, Embassy of
the Philippines, University of Manila.
JOHN E. DEYOUNG, Head, Department of
Sociology, University of the Philip-
pines.
HTIN AUNG, Rector of the University of
Rangoon.
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School of Advanced International Studies
.CONFERENCE ON?SOUTH,,__,,T ASIA IN THE
COMING WORLD
AUGUST 11-15, 1952
STATE DEPARTMENT AUDITORIUM
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Washington, D. C.
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