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...Harvard delegates who was present at the Festival was Robert L. Warshaw '46 1L. Warshaw had first heard about the Festival last spring when he had applied for a job as an NSA discussion leader aboard the S. S. VOLENDAM. He had put in a year of graduate work in the Social Relations Dept., had been a part-time research assistant at the Russian Research center, and was interested in Eastern European problems. "I joined the delegation to see what was going on," says Warshaw...
...Warshaw was as much of an impartial observer as the Festival Committee rules allowed. He took notes of meetings and speeches, photographed exhibits, gathered material released by various delegations. On the VOLENDAM'S return trip, as a member of the N.S.A. orientation staff, he led a three-day series of discussions about the Festival which packed the pitching Holland-American liner's dining room with more than 600 students. After the discussions were over, one of the delegation's leaders said that "I may disagree with Warshaw, but he is honest as hell...
According to Warshaw the U. S.'s opening speech at the Festival typifies what he calls the "negative approach" of the majority of the U. S. delegation. "Even though most of the Festival was supposed to be non-political, the people who were there from America were not representative of U. S. youth. Neither were the things they...
...Warshaw points to the American "cultural presentation" as an example. Most of the youth delegations turned out programs ranging from tumbling to ballet; these various exhibitions ran every night. Some were on what Warshaw calls a "professional level," the Soviet delegation putting on a show complete with soloists from Moscow's Bolshoi theater. The Mongolian Republic brought dances, acrobatics, and a collection of stringed instruments...
...Warshaw has a copy of that program. It was mimeographed in two languages and presented to everyone who saw the American presentation: more than 2000 people...