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iz " : if le ANY 160-1630 Baltimore ADATTISTRATIVE PAGE RB: YMONCOL PROJECT An article oppeared in the Baltimore Evening "Sun" tinder date of Merch 8, 1949, setting out information concerning the Mongol Project being undertaken at the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, The article in part reads as follows: "This country's first reserrch seminar on Inncr and Outer Mongolia is now being conducted at the Johns dopkins University's Walter Hines Pago School of Internetional Relations, Half a dozen cxperts, including three men belioved to be the only Woliveducntoa Hongoliang in tho United States, ore investigating problems of langunge, culture, politics ond history under the gui- dance of Owen Lattimore, director of the school, "Describing the project today, the Hopokins announced that two Innor Mongolians,,Urgunggg-Onon and. Gorbojab,Zangin, had boon here since last November, after coming by plane from Nanking, The nows of withhold ponding the safo arrival of each man's wifc and child, which was accomplished last week, "The third member, a native of Outcr Mongolian, is the ‘living Buddka,! Dilowa Rutukhtu, who renched Baltimore list week, "Doscribed by Professor Lattimore as a long-term undertaking Likely to last scverel yoars, the seminar also includes Hiss Ruth F“s3can, a menber of the United States Embassy staff in Nanking; Dr, William fustin and,Dr, John De francis, of the Page School freulty, and RebutokaAko and Chang Ghibs i, Page School fellows, Severnl graduate *. studcnts are also members,“ and ‘urs, Eleanor Lattimore, the director's wifc, assists, "Started lnst September, tho seminar ‘really got under way,!' Professor Lattimore snid, with the arrival of Onon and Hangin, who for practical uscs have adopted the first names Petcr and John, "Last in Inner Mongolia in 1945, just after the Japonese overthrow, they declined today to comment on current political trends, Outer Hongolia is a Sociniist People's republic, described by Professor Lattimore as 'Russia's oldest Asiatic sntcllite, f dating back to 30190 Tanna neolin sil tit + 43ic, Lnncr Mongolia, in all but the western acser ts, is under the control of Chinese Communist forces, “The seminars! first task, Professor Lattimore said, is to complete a. phonetic grammar of Mongol, the first English ono ever to be compiled,