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{ | i fl \ -Ce Leave for Yungas and W. R. Grace mine by automobile, 8:30 a.m. Arrive Canadian Mission on Lake Titicac, 7:30 pem. April 9 - Leave Canadian Mission, 9:00 a.m. Arrive Huarisata (Indian School) 9:5 a.m. Leave Huarisata, 10:45 p.m. Arrive Straits of Tiquina, 1:00 p.m. Leave Copacabana, 3:15 p.m. Arrive Chuquito, 6:15 p.m. Arrive Puno, 8:00 p.m. It had been planned originally that Mr. Wallace would visit.the Hochschild mining properties at Colquiri and Potosi, and it is subject to speculation as to whether these visits were called off in order to avoid offending the Patifio interests, owners of Siglo XX, the largest mine in Bolivia, which is the scene of a call by virtually every visiting personage. There- fore, it is possible that the trip to the W. R. Grace mine in the Yungas was a compromise move permitting the Vice President to see something of the Bolivian lowland country and also visit a mine. At the La Paz airport a large crowd of people met the Vice President upon his arrival, and he was greeted by members of the Cabinet, the President of the Senate, the American Ambassador, and numerous other officials. After reviewing a guard of honor at the airport the Vice President descended to the city and the Embassy residence in an open car followed by automobiles bearing the various officials. The procession wound through the principal streets of La Paz where Mr. Wallace received a tumultuous greeting. It should be noted that in a despatch sent by the Embassy to the State Department the greet- ing accorded Mr. Wallace in the drive from the Alto to the Embassy residence was described as “apathetic™ and attributed to a general feeling of opposition on the part of the people to the present Bolivian Government as well as to the innate lethergy of the Bolivians. This information is credited by the Embassy to the leaders of the PIR. On the other hand, the writer learned from Secret Service Agents who have accompanied Vice President Wallace throughout his whole trip that far from being apathetic, the greeting accorded Mr. Wallace was adjudged to be the most enthusiastic he had received up to that time. On two occasions the crowds broke through the police lines and stopped the Vice President's car to shower him with flowers. It 1s also reported by the Embassy that at two points along