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™ Zealand. + The-Middle. East was less well-represented, “ge: ““““with a “total‘of five countries ;° “however,” ‘this included . , : Y ag Tee a ae “countries of Europe involved, fifteen in the West: and o-. eight (all but Albania) in the East. Persons took ee 7 Sag part from seventeen countries of Africa, representing. Boe, the Eastern, Western and Northern secticns of the continent. There were participants From fifteen: countries of Asia, as well as from Australia and New both the U.A.R. and Israel, though still not in the same projects. We were weak also in respect to Latin America, with participants from only three countries. The U. S$. and Canada were present in more than half. of the total number of conferences and seminars. + "A central purpose of this program is to bridge gaps in communicat ion and understanding between peoples and countries separated by political and other barriers. This year for the first time we were able to bring East and West Germans into the same seminars, an undertaxing we have been workirs toward for several years. it has been an up-hill+job to elicit sub- Suantive interest in the CORMUALST countries of sastern Europe. Thair imoreasing at tencance, in projects in both Eurcpe and Asia, is en couraging since it makes possicie a nore realistic replica of che worid scene in the seminer settings. Again this year, specias elforts were made to bring Communist China into the program, WLtn no better success than in the past; and at is still ingessitle to instude sarticio: from tne Tlommunist 7alves of tne divicet countries: of a$ia. - In West Africa, the pregram is directed to bridging ine language carriers woisn.qut so deeply inte . _ . - - £ + . ¥ LnvarmMatltiina. understanding and tcoperation in that Tart oF tha world, and wnich are a ai jive resis =f tase COlsGnwa. Derise. This year the extended to tre more Prencn-spesking A TOT2. 225 fiven Toat says paycitisa Out oF tha rina in the area. ALL of ; speaking sountries are now attending sent Of the Total of thirteen ccuntries in the areagie suinea wand Niger. have not yet taken. part...