Feb. 5. Sutter, who knows these people will feel we had gotten across our message and that it was well received. Baki asked to borrow the a copy of 'guidelines' which he will return to me Fri. evening. Sutter informed us that there are a variety of religions in the country - Christian, Buddhists, Confucianist, Islam (Muslim), Animist. The latter imagine all kinds of good and evil spirits in the forests. The forest people living in long- houses, are traced, cut and slash to clear out area, farm it for 2 or 3 yrs. and move on. Dr. Dast told an interesting story about the introduction of a new strain of rice from Japan into Nepal. The U.S. (I believe) agricultural advisors offered the rice to the people of a small village. The rice gave a greater yield and was more resistant to rust, etc. (at least in Japan) than the rice the Nepalese were accustomed to growing. The people tried the rice for about 2 years and then gave up planting it despite the fact that there was an increased yield and