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more persons; the members organized themselves into small groups to study special aspects of their study mission. The visits ranged from four to six weeks, with weekly schedules typically of three working days of plant visits, collection of documents on plant equipment and operations, meetings, and seminars; three days of Team members writing reports and traveling; and one free day. 111. The Project Manager was responsible for planning and arranging the itinerary. He enlisted the assistance of U.S. manufacturing and trade associations, marketing groups, labor organizations, industry executives, U.S. governmental specialists, publishers of trade journals, and industrial directories. The number of U.S. plants and organizations visited ranged from 12 to 18 during the itinerary. 112. An average of three months was required to arrange the itinerary prior to the departure of the Team to the U.S. On arrival, the Team received formal welcoming, orientation, and briefing sessions. At the conclusion of the visit, structured final meetings were held for each Team to obtain Team member views of their experiences. 30 These exit interviews were written up in detail and copies were duplicated and distributed. Prior to departure, technical assistance aids were furnished to each Team including audio-visual materials, sample subscriptions to trade ³⁰see, for example, FOA, Report on the Evaluation Meeting with the Netherlands' Industrial Products Design Specialists Team, Washington, D.C., August 10, 1953. 72

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