SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OF THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1906 FLORIDA AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON 9, D.C.

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00939A000100040026-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2005
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: November 2, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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SCHOOL. (F ADVANCED MffiFATIONAL STUD ,.&.Z5
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TBE JOHNS HOP S UNIVERSITY
1906 Florida Avenue, N. W.
Washington 9, D. C.
Office of the Dean November 2, 1956
Director of Training
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
You have been so familiar for several years, with the summer
programs which have been developed here under the sponsorship of
the School that it is not necessary to describe this background in
detail. You will remmber, I am stare, the Southeast Asia Session
of 1952, Soviet Imperialism of 1953, and the others since that time
which have continued the series. Yoiu will be glad to know also that
the programs appear to have been growing in effectiveness. Although
the 1955 session dealt again with the new nations of South and South-
east Asia, we are told by the Johns Hopkins Press that sales of the
resulting book, "Nationalism and Progress In Free Asia." have been
running ahead of compa^able sales of the 1952 volume.
The sumer of 1956 was devoted to Problems of the Western Medit-
erranean, and the cool proposes in 1957 to tea its attention to the
Eastern Mediterranean. There are many reasons for this emphasis. It
always has been the aim of the School to focus attention on those
regions of the world in which the tensions of international development
would seem to make such a program significant. The results, as you
know, have been both useful and gratifying. At the present moment the
situation throughout the Eastern Mediterraneem offer a challenge which
is perhaps unparalleled in its opportunities for fruitful treatment.
Because of this challenge and because of its already recognized interest
in studies concerned with the Middle East,, the School feels that no
program could be a more suitable successor to ;hose of recent years
than one on the vital problems of this area.
The program will consist of a summer session of substantive courses
beginning on June 24, and a conference of fawn days opening on Monday,
August . It is believed that the timeliness of the subject matter
will attract an unusually worth while student body to the session aid
will make it possible to bring together at the conference a group of
participants of outstanding eminence in the field. Tentative arrange-
ments already have been made for a summer faculty and courses as follows:
Cecil. Hourani, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science of the American
'University of Beirut: Constitutional Development in the Middle East:
Problems of Nationalism and Sovereignty; Professor Jacob E. Htirewitz of
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Columbia University: lxmerioan Policy n the Middle East; Walter 4.
Laqueura author of "Communism in the Middle East: a course an the
same topic; Professor George Lenczowski. of the University of Caliiforni :
The Middle East in the International Community; Robert Sethian of the
Department of Commerce: Economic Problems of the Middle East,, As a
preliminary to the summer programs Professor Robert B. Carets Hunt of
St. Antony us Colleges Oxford, has agreed to core to the School for the
second half of the current academic year to give a course on Intern:,tiona:'L
Cormuni.sms on which :tie is probably the world ? ~Lc ding authority, The
course will be slanted toward the Middle Easts, In addition to the
substantive course just noted,, it is proposed to offer language instruct;-
Lion in Arabic, Turkish and Persian el, elementary and intermediate
levels.
For the purposes of the conferences the members of the sumer
faculty will be joined by more than twenty other outstanding experts
to read and discuss papers on those problems of the Eastern Mediter-
ranean which seem to be of the greatest current significance. Among
those who already have expressed their hope to h ttend are Charles F- ik-
former Ambassador from Lebanon; Arnold Toynbee,, author of e"A Study of
History,," and Costi Zurayk, Acting President of the A mericam University
of Beirut. Leading scholars from this country and abroad waft be
invited to the conferences and it is expected that more than four
hundred will be in attendance,, As usual,, the papers presented at the
conference will be published in book form by the Johns Hopkins Press.
A program of the type described requires adequate financing in
order to insure success,, It is estimated in this case that an over-
all expenditure of $55,000 will be necessary, and a breakdown of this
amount is provided on the attached page. tJith ? ie cooperation of the
Department of States the United States Information Agency,, and from
other sources the School is assured of approximately $30.,000 of this
total figure. Bearing in mind your constructive interest and assistance
in the past, I very much hope that you. will be able to give sympathetic
consideration to a grant to the School of the romaining $25,000. I
can assure you that In the opinion of an of us at the Schools the
program will not only be a wortIty successor to those of recent years
but will be truly outstanding in its own right.
The School is prepared to show its appreciation by providing free
tuition at the course session for not more than 40 qualified members
of your staff, by making available 100 invitations to the conference,,
and by supplying you with 50 copies of the book containing the
conference papers.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Philip Wo Thayer, Dean
Enclosure
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T1014AL STUDIES
22E 90M S D
Scholarships
Salaries:
$ 10,000 6 10,000
Director 1,000
Visiting lecturers 9,000
Honoraria for special lecturers 12,000
Travel and maintenance of lecturers 68000
Administration
Prior to July 1 4,000
After July 1 5,000
Library Books 18000
Plant 1,000
ELiscellaneous, including preliminary circularizing 1,0000
Conference Expenses:
Printing $ 18000
Auditorium, banquet, etc. 3,000
Travel of participants 11-000 --1
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