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100-1630 Baltinore £OQCTHIST. TIVE PACE "The two younger nenbers of the group, Pcter Onon and JobEongin, ora fron Chincso Inner Uenzolia, They wero educated in Japfin and havo ~ held positions in the Chincse Governnont, "fhe proscnt Pago School project began ns a co-operative project betweon the Forcign Service Institute of tho State Departnont, the American Council of Learned Socictics and the Johns Hopkins, "During 1948-1949 Professor Willian H“Austia has been working with the Hongol group to produce the first sciontifically planned toxt- book for teaching the Mongol language ever published in English, 'The progress nade hes been so satisfactory that language courses for «a fow solccted studonts will be offered in the fnll of 1949, "Under the now grant, research will be extended to the history, institutions, social organizations, oconomics, ond politics of According to Confidential Infornant 1-11, considerable negotiation in connection with the Carnezic grant was carricd on betwoon LATTIUORS and JOH CaadiER , Vice President of the Carnezic Corporntion, who was the one who recormence, that the $75,000 grant be approved by the Board of Trustees of tho Cernegie Gorporation. “-~-“" Phig sane informant advised on June 8, 1949, that LATTINORD informed Dr, HORTENSH POYWIGRUAKER, presently employed on the faculty at Quocns College, Flushing, Long Island, New York, of his desire to employ an anthropologist in connection with the Mongol Project, He offered her the position and pointed out that he now has a group of five Mongols in the United Statcs; that tho Project was started with the language progran in conjunction with the Stato Departnent, but that the recent Carnegie Corporation grant will now enable the Pere School to aoke a study of the whole social complex, During the course of his conversation with Dr, POWDORMA<OR, LATTINORN mentioned that he has been working for many, many years on fronticr problems and then referred to the Men;ol fronticr, which ho stated was inhabited by people who are neither Chincse nor Rusgien, , Dr, POWOERMAKER advised she could not acecpt the offer becnuse of prior comituonts but recommended that LATTIMORE got in touch with CORA WU BOIS, whom she stated is now working in the For East Section of the State Departnent, According to this sano informant, LATTIMORS, on June 18, 1949, during a discussion with Dr, CORA DU BOIS, offered her either a three yer - 527