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SWJMft PtBltmin^rf Emlimxloa of Mmibm Imsseng Tminimg Pi ^gram In itoual Sal . ^ . ^

Hcma I0 tmn.^ r ^ t t of ^ mmtmlX^ Lmm iBseiitim -I t ia mo^^Dtaiaoi s Er:d ^oatalnii tmmBAm^^ fim

WdSorlty 0f tha pt^mM^Xon tr&mla by ei ther foot or ^ ciahtaiil^: n t l a ^ t t i l ^ y ft^^i groups (non-I^I^ wblcii o^mitittit^

^tte the fha r.^tog o£ tim ia st'lmi0 140^ -isuraf H' not mcst^ of tM- m^m^^-.gpm^' n ^ a k

i H P ^ r m t pj^i miitmliy" iUti^ 4 t - i a not tanw what p^ro^^tage of" t t e pfiOple-.spaak a laval of LaO" wh^.-wcmM-j^iabte ^ ^ ^ to ^ k d e i p ^ t e f m l l j it^ th-a KiLlban-T^Asaeiig Buhoolp wmM aate that i s balc^^. by ctmBldeT^lm -m^^pM^t laval i ^ l sh . %f0MM ba l^sk of thm maj^r rsa^cm t t e t th^i^' ' is '^Mt^i^ Jt.istoj'7 of m t u ^ l co-op6ratior4 a i ^ g . grmxpn of'i^opl^:?. tn idt t lo i ia l loyal t ies tmM i o t t ^ t r individual irilli^gsa aiid cil.ltiire^. Oirer vaars t h t ^ l ^ ' B i ^ not hi^ sii -eh cciita0t -rtiriil araai? of tfca proxdneQv . a l l of the

mt-al. I t reprasmts f # r t l l 0 grouM foi* w t i -RI^ m^^^gaBda^ Mltli^thifJ in mtod^ the^ laibaa Tast#iig School sfcad in 'Mlj of ^ Bisi^^ ^-feri t i m ^ of tfic^ mpprm^tsly t o $75 liaiM^s and t t^se i^s satirmtsa to iia^^ Xn^-m wxthiM mmh of tlit'Aia^ a l l tent about -twamty tei^w nmi mms through aehool^. ^ fha i^imiirf^r ahouid ba tlirdiigl ttm 'mA of-Oetoter or of K o ^ ^ ^ r 197C.. Itelw.ar© • tli0 ob^.a^if^s program as defined in Jiily l ^ . .

lo T0 oX g^ogr&phioal isola t ion .to om^tf a of imit^ ^ m g t M dif feraa t -'etaolc g roup ^ tha prairtoeial

go^efwaat .

tt., ^So-pmvidB t h a Jlaibaar^ i tid UmB^^u^ m gowi^^^sit trnpTmrntBAlrmg m fetjrodECtioii to nsrvicss ami l^b le to %hm fr&t thm proirtmetaX

i ^ k f e h ^ m l i ^ T B ^^aro of t he i r t 0 tii# rXfVmthmmr^.'mm ^ua^-t^araa* . ^^ .

h^ f a problems nm hm -^mmlhl^^ "''''BQlmtiom'^^-^mBintmm proYM^i^ ~ / ' '

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OaGalled iata \m i^s t Mailmi^^tassting frai idng Program i s p t m m t l ^ b^U^ coiuptled« inter^iewB \fith gradmtea and RI3 inBtructors ^rtll proTide baai^ for eomplete ev&lmtion. the tdiXcming ptogvm m&lmtion and r^mmmMatiom are the author'^s oplaion^ l^isc^ oa

a year^ s imfolvement xdth the programo

C, KegEti^e resul ts of th^ current p ogrant :

At mrious tiJ^es^, ^ood prepiamticm and stiffieifincy hs.a been iradeqmt^i. Thie due to poor BiiperriBXon of thir. asptct arid did not make a favorable on the naj.bana and tasa^i^s atil^jeotad to the

• ttyXtwe shoek of UrlaG 8&n Houei Sai and. oth^r stresses^

Otii too trnxts" occasions^ the* Service Chdefs v/ho were scfi^ulod to giire leotiir«®'S on the rol^ of their seriaca sent one of thei r asaiatants ii^tead.. This deprived the mibana anci isass^ngs of the prestige and infanraticm that ooiild hstve been cie>'ivect frcxn the presenae of the Provincial service chiefs.. A isviTvej taken In 1969 indicates that the sections chiefs tend to m substantially better lecti irws than the i r subord:lr4ates^

Tm teaching s taf fs in genomic i^ not nearly ae effect ive as i t caidd be^ t h i s mmm that the beneilts wldch niight be d e r i v e trosi bet ter teachi25g methods are loat to the mibans and iaseengi^., A training program for the ataff i s reqaired to develop techrdque and subject amtter^

4t» Ir too raany of the lectia^es^ subjects are taught, regardless of what thei r objective merits irAght Often these ei^ply are not rele^wit to the trainees. While you ean always force them io be physically .present for Buch leetiares. i s far more? d i f f i c t i l t ' t o ineure timt their minds are tuned in .

5» In t€^ mn^ lectures the stib^Ject tended to be too sojiiisticated for the trainees. I^hile v±T%mllj a l l the train^^es are very interested in leaTMng anj^hing t^hich iidght help th^a i uc r^ se thei r level of livirig j, especially in Improving rica crops^ the lerel of instruction v/aa often too theoretical for the trainees to cc^aprehend. A pract ical , simplified approadi ie needed with more f ie ld work a ad practical applicsatton.

6c In too mny of the lectvre^, the ELCr ^complizhmtAB and capabili t ies were pres^sted in overly gl.owiiig terma. All riaibana and taeee»®s have some knoH'ledge of the UtG- aven i f not always accurate. Telling them things which obviously contradict their understanding and the objective r ea l i ty of the s i tmt ion will only be comter-productive in the long

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De P o s i t i ^ factors of th^ ptogrm.

The ^ibasHTasseng School represents th^ f i r s t timm timt the RJGr tot ^ aiy ooucem for isaiiy of the twilriAml traimm^ This in i tmXf tends to oast B<m$ cioiibt on Pathet i^o prope^acte. 7

2« The Kaiban^Tass^iig School represents the f i r s t t i m mng of the tmineee have ever been o f f i c i a l l y coxifroatM with the idea of the lao mticm by the RLG,

3, The KkLbajn^Taeseng ed^ool i s the f i r s t time that h^wog^mom people hare been b r o i ^ t together on the basia of what t unites th« i ratJiw than what divides themo

The liaibaiD^Tasseng School i s the f i r s t time they have become exposed t o the other side of the prc^ganda ooin«

a . They see that the KLG i s not composed meraly of ^ronaii^ dogs" of the Americans, but timt i t does fimction aiid provide services for i t s people•

• , ' ^ b« By ccxaing to Ban Houei Sai^ the Jtoitens-tasseags teiad to be favorably

impressed by what they observe to be a higher level of l iving under the RLG Plan tinder the PL.

c« For those naibans and tassengs who have had contact with the Pathet Lao, and in th is province that may be weli be most, the lack of regimentation in l i f e under the RUGf i s aj^pajpent intfwdiatelyc In the eyes of most pec^e from t h i s province, t h i s contrast i s e x t r ^ e l y fav<»:^^e v i ^ - v i s the Pathet Laoe Ejsperience with the thoroughness of PL tax collectors based on personal i^operty has been e>d^reiiiely unpleasant for the majority of naibans^

Increased contact befeween the %ibans ami the government has resulted in the following^

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a« The niaiiber of v i s i t a t ions by BIB o f f i c i a l s to areas outside of Ban Houei-Sai has increased*

bo An incres^sed nrnxi v of requests fo r assistance Srom rura l areas t o the Rifi.

c . The number of deveiopnent projects in tho province has r isen substantially. Saibaitis have jaade requests for improved RLS services in the Moungs where the g r ^ t m j o r i t y of people are<»

d„ Over the pasi. years^ people coidng into the RLG areas have come, for the tmst par t , of the i r own f ree if i l l* The auther believes tha t tiie lacOc of intensive bcntoing has been highly significant* Without b ^ i n g , the PL are clearly ident i f iable aa the leas t desirable of the f t or HLCr altwimtives^

While a l l of the above factors mmm^ bm fu l ly a f c t r i b i i ^ t o the Haiban^ Tasseng School^ part icular ly with ret to poLut i t i s «gr def in i te ifiqpression tlmt the school has a isajor r<ile i a d^reloping a iSavo** rable a t t i tude towards the BIG, Upon cosi:aetioii of the detailed evaliiitioa, a ms^e def in i t ive ^ c t u r e of the degree of that the school Ime had hopefully, resul t ,

Ee fhe JNture :

V/liat be dmm Mt bi a view towards ge t t i r^ the ei^st-^eiiefit dollar id.th r e ^ c t t o v tming ; Ic^yalty for the RUtt in the 1971 eleoticms?

• Develop two programs^ the f i r s t , bring in th i r ty Haibana aud Tassenga twice a inont^ a ^ hom^ them i n the ourrisxxt dormitory for She fiaiban^Taeseisig schools This wi l l p r i m r i l l y be a foliov/-up i n S o r m t i m ^ progrmm td r e in fwce basic l e n i t i e s t , ^ ^^^ &

a« EUboi^te ha^ the lUJj has az i does care^ and ^cm them the nii&ber of acli^H^s^ dams, d i spe imr ies , dug wells, refugees supported, hectares of l i ^ i r r iga ted , teachers supplied, e t c . , that the has been ^

over the p^st few years^

Make f ie ld t r i p s to v i s i t as m r ^ completed and or^^ng projects in the area as tiiim permltsi^ (one w e e k ) X ^

TeH thma what i s planniKi for the future^

Tell T^hm. how t h ^ my get iim on the future effwtsi^

b„ Make v^heir one week in &n Houei Sai positively itieaorable s

1 Keep i t r e l e ^ n t ^ DonH wa$fce time on sheer theory of po l i t i ca l propagajiMia for i t own ^ e ^ ,

Stay continmlly positive. Stress what the BIG has done, i s doing, and wi l l do in the fut^ire^ The Ifeiibans and Tasaengs are ignwaisA, x^rt Btupim^ T h ^ wi l l i»ke the j^oper cc^parisons vii^-^iris the Baldiet

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a . Keep thmk busj% Don»t l e t them get botmi^ Give them the feeling that they are invo lve in a dynamo situationv^

dp po l i t i ca l entertainment i s essential so that a difference between the continuous poleiaics of the PL aiKl the balaneed, hxsmm approach of the RLG my be discerned, /

In additic«3^ to noxwl v l sml aides , th^re should be nightly aiovies

k mUX tmrtf tho/last aigiit to' iiiol^ t

lo Om or tiw- i^iort^ hXgh p m e r ^ ^p^elvaa whieh att^i^iA to wge^

A rnmim of M ^ ^otartainsrent valua^ .

3o A moXam i f possible^ If iiot^ uom sourae of X^mX mrnt^^

ko Of^p^mdXj for th# t ra inees t o talk aaofig t l i i^ i^ lw^ inforiaaiiy without having to i m p ifmxi o f f io l a i e ^mm by .

To th# atn^siAitre^ the gti^at Xiat ^ou ld fe^e r e a t r i c t ^ to a f ^ o f f i c i a l s i ho are partictalitfly i n foxml aiKi

p^tss^iice wiU not inhib i t ih^ - trm of t a lk %m±mBB^ • -

gi, At a H tismB durlog the tminiiig^ th@ traiBaas arioid^d to ld thiiy mre an essent ia l aiKi equal part of the go%»'ermeiit« Th^^^ust hm mde to fetil thia,. t h i s %riljl darnaiKl tlie selection of the tmt-ismX' o f f l i ^ l s "Htm real ly ^ajoijr being iaolose contaet Mitfe tha not t h e i r posit ions to i n f l a t e thehr <Mii agcs^ CS^oudiqf| ^ recrioxitiltion for I l f i o f f i ^ L ^ s mght be reqtdred^

Program, two ifdll haw a t o th<i long t&tm objeotiv^ of dewlofsa^iit^ Thxe eecmid oours^ ahoiilci be iiiitiatii^i tiitk the £ f i l m i n g o b j e c t i w s :

a^ To dair^op a -better g ^ ^ r a l mierstaiiding of the RLQ aa t io ra i develope^t e f f o r t and i t s r^lc-'^^acy t o fiEibans^ Tas^w^s, and leading ritrai 0itiii0ii3.

_ ' b., f o provide'then?, witti mi^rat^ndabie^ i^f t tdiat^ly a p p l i ^ b l e knofl^lgeVniah eaa contribute td - tb t ' ' i f i ^Of^^Rt i»f th#i r l e w l of losing

3p This prc^ram should iacluds:

a . The distmiimtlcm of intormtxon about healthy sanitati^m, a^r^e i i l twt , and the isare and ra is ing of livestock ¥ i th ^ fd ias i s p r a o t i ^ application^ lustrtiotion a m t be a t a basic le¥e»

b^ Mai^ m 0£td dt^onstrationa^ icoWies^ -r is i^l clmrtSi mid l i ^ f l ^ t s but most ot ^11 actwX titse in Urn agr ic id tura l T r a i n i ^ Gti^^er as t r a iw^s^

4-4 This i^'Ogr^ shoiild^ -lota^^ar than x.hB present progpram aM b€ selectiira in a e o e p t i ^ t ra inese . I t coild ran cono i^ r^ i ly with the two week progrmm^ I t c o ^ d bs l o ^ t ^ a t the ptBBmt^^tm of the KJUJ agrio-ultm^al traiiiiiig f i ro^ap a t fen Pa

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In cmt lmion , t h i s paper i s ©eraiy a prelliaimi^ to , the cH^preh^a^vir evaluation i^f uiuierway^ Tm amthor >rould bt* happy to t r y to Jfili m^ iaforaat ioa ^ p a which my b^ ma^e^mry before deciding on the future direction of the Naiban-Tasaeng School at Ban Kouei Sai«

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