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AND“INSTITUTE OF SOVIET-AMERICAN 7. LATIONS: SPONSORED* SEMINAR, MOSCOW, USSR, NOVEMBER ‘16-30, 1966 . Loa ph a “countries of Europe involved, fifteen in the West and - eight (all but Albania) in the East. Persons took ath ‘part from seven iteen countries of Africa, representing. Dy the Eastern, Western and Northern sections of the =" continent. There were participants from fifteen countries of Asia, as well as from Australia and New Zealand. + The-Middle East was. less swelicrepresented with a “total‘of five countries;*however, this include both the U.A.R. and Israel, though s not in the same projects. We were weak also in vespect to Latin America, with participants from only three countries. a The U. S. and Canada were present in more than half i i - Ps of the total number of conferences and seminars. nA central purpose of this program is to bridge gaps a in communication 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 ir to the same seminars, an underta e have been working toward for several been an up-nill:job to elicit sub- Communist countries of Eastern mg attend c2, in projects in is encouraging since it makes realistic pepiica of the woridc scene sett ings. year, Sspeciai China into the past; anc better siccess in 2 GUT Sc deeply coperation in that divisive resis ea jes are now attend: our semi cal of thirteen countries in the areayoonly linea and Niger, have not yet taken. part..:< tae * SP f a yes