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—™ gpaphed release of the AFSC dated September 3, 1966, captioned | - {Brief Report on International Conferences and Seminars Pregram 1965-1966. The centents of this release are set forth. _ verbatin ‘below: oUF a RE = ge ime. j | = app: In -1965-1968, -twelve- seminargsand conferences Nave was eR | eciead ‘been held, ‘involving 326 persons. from sixty-seven i .. eountries, exclusive cf consultants and other leader- "os" ghip.. There were four conferences for mid-career | diplomats, respectively in France, Nepal, Rumania and “Switzerland; three conferences for mid-career professional leaders, respectively in Austria, the Ivory Coast, and Northern Thailand; four, seminars for advanced student and young professional pecple,-:in Austria, Cevlsa, senior leaders in government, research and educa- tion. The eruption of hostilities between India and Paxistan cancelled plans whicn had been made for a conference designed to amelicrate some of the tensions between the people and governments of these two countries. And at the last moment, for unclear reasons, East german autnorities withdrew permission to nold a Seminar in East Germany, makirg it necessary to trans- fer the Seminar to Austria. The conferences for diplo- Mats in Neral and Rumania were the first ever neld in those countries; ; ™ = : in the case cf Fumania 7 and cl Rumania, ‘CALs was the eultination of savarz years of neg tiation The x a - A ™ “wea ee i seminars in the Ivory Coast 2 sana were th irst in thes2 Tis t2inctries 7 & yong TO gotain late L af Gb f). ry OO pf th Os “uLt hye a ren Po) bn 3 from the new as it as es) G A om .- wo< meu waa, ra) Oo army's oO 11 @ ry Wd et Ww . 2] rt fe «4. Ort Oo fi tt bee bt Dal ry boyy 4 oe | ded wel ee met Of a a) y ip ig vy ry a noe, eaé@ SixkTv-52V2n countries From whic represenl2i4 07 oe an of ideslogies an tr i and neutral as 3. Ghana and Japan; and in Heng Kong a conference of 09° *°°°™