Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...personnel who administer the aid program should constantly be in the field, Galbraith maintains. "And you can't keep them out unless you're willing to venture out yourself...
...strong and immediate Indian reaction has ended the threat of further Red Chinese aggression, at least for the moment, according to Galbraith. He feels strongly that "they did not expect us to be so quickly aroused. Our action has had a sufficient deterrent effect...
Conversely, United States popularity seems to be rising. Galbraith specifically noted the change which has occurred in the intellectual's attitude toward the United States. "Ten years ago the universities were quite hostile to us," but they now evidence a much friendlier and more understanding attitude. Galbraith cautioned, however, that his judgement was based primarily on the universities' reaction to him as ambassador. "I was helped by the fact that I wasn't closely identified with the right-wing, free enterprise theory of economics," he explained...
...Since Galbraith feels that a program with projects scattered about the countryside must be supervised on the scene, and since the itinerant professor enjoys the sport of traveling anyway, touring the country became a big item on his schedule. "Besides," he explained, "you can understand little from the capital...
Only one aspect of his job irritated Galbraith during his two years in New Delhi. "The social life of an ambassador is almost a complete waste of time," he insisted, "with almost no sacrifice it could be sharply reduced." Galbraith regrets the time which was spent merely entertaining other ambassadors. "I deeply resented the large block of time taken by purely ceremonial matters...