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MR. HEROD: Also China?
MISS DuBOIS: I have no judgment on that, I am sorry.
But even with no very elaborate large-scale rice culture,
even using the old techniques with slight improvements in
strains and fertilizers, rice production in Southeast Asia
could be practically doubled. You see, all the surpluses
of Indochina, for instance, aren't available now. That 18
almost a million tons prewar that was exported That is
not on the market now- It would save India a great deal
if they could buy that Chinese rice.
MR. FAIRBANK: In connection with the lack of leaders
in Southeast Asia, don't we have a great danger from the
corresconding lack of American personnel who are able to
maintain real contact with those few leaders that are
ARCHIVES RECORDS SERVICE** AND
there? It seems to me in all of Asia we suffer if we rely
only on our embassies and consulates to maintain contact
to COVERAGE
with the native leadership because if you want contact
with the revolutionists and you are in diplomatic channels
accredited to the local regime it is difficult. We need
certainly a great many more Americans like Mr. Talbot, if
I may take an example, who has had personal experience in
the field. He is an unusual and almost unique individual
because a particular foundation saw to it that he spent
some time seeing people as a private citizen in those coun-
tries.
One thing this conference might consider is the need
of getting more Americans into the Far Eastern scene outside
of diplomatio channels which handicap their contacts, with
more freedom to develop an association or understanding
of the native leadership.
MR. COLEGROVE: May I ask Dr. DuBois one question re-
garding trade between Japan and Southeast Asia? If Japan
revives economically and lessens the burden on the American
taxpayer, Japan must have markets. One market, of course,
would have to be Manchuria and North China, and we hope
Indonesia and possibly a revival of the old trade with
Burma, Siam and other Southeast Asian countries. I belleve
the figures before the war were about 15 percent of Japanese
imports came from Southeast Asia. Does Dr. DuBois think
that trade could be revived and expanded?
MISS DuBOIS: I think that the Department will bend
every effort to encourage the development of Japanese-
Southeast Asian trade Japanese consumer goods and things
of° that sort in return for Southeast Asian rice.
MR. COLEGROVE:
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