[W.H.O. Diary Entries 1949-1952?]

              \     \ FIELD TRIP--.  SOUTHEAST ASIA REffffiOH	
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Mi&*' 11f^.-Strand^W^tel,  Rangoon.    I haV^^H^book twice at;,.;4^#:::4ate l|§§
^l^iiev^it.'''     Must be at least 80 degree^lifcteide.    Arrived yesterday
ijpout' 'three P.M.  after an uneventful tri^^^felot of waiting arettud in
London where I nearly froze, and did not rea^w get W€um^»ibil Gai*||||lg
Was in a double-seat with^^jry nice travel^^feuompaa^ps—an Sfogliisrhman
and his wife- and four- ye^^id...son who wea^^ijag ba#:'k:^K'Hong-Kong afterg
a visit home.    Sever s§w g better youngster on mtrip.    Every bump in the
air was., a huge joke^tf-Consequently ..the only *©ugh part of the flig^^hich
was from Basra to ^araoh'i,  was a lot^f. fun* ^-AtN|pLiro the military
atmosphere j^evaded^We^weretttiid that we must waii^'^^^e plan* until
the authorities boarded and that"probab!l|p^ However the
little, man c«rying thefbomb never got*'beyoa|^jtha:.Tdat'Sj^the stair-way
and we were spared  thaMunpleasantness.piProbably the# \ere celebrating
for:^^Baew Prince*    We:were escorted thethe restauraat^S^ at teast^i^e
poliaemanf^nd the mlriads of others- who hang about^>3^^|swarmed around
the plane and I prayed- .that there was -some good  supervision!       In Basra
•and Karachi alsj^.;.thel:#^fere lots of do-nothings around .butk^tft'.the same
military atmospherefwlz*> ^a^ a delight te get off "at Calcut1^&id meef|J|
the. friendly' and efficient atmosphere there. |§?he ilxport attj|&fuittf'
neatly unifarmed and /everyone most courteous. ||3j| lisP
lewa^'iet herf jpy Dip'Hufman (who" Is the '■•ijssiBtai&'aR': Mrs. j|pg~san
understt^i^pfer ■^^|/"HacPhall and 'apparently lots'•^..O't^er things w^ieh He •
doubt I  shall  leara/' in due  course)  and Miss Graham.     Apoligies frotffl
Miss    Pedersen /who,* was- at that moment meet ing with Mrs. Aung~aan ^fP*
.the nvm&kg personnel npltA senp||il BurmatlglAs a matter of fact '£imp]j*e
girls waited  tjjb  come to meet me but  there is a petrolShortage^.-thi^K|l
. eompaj^;^pstrike#i Tea afgjihe hotel where we were Mined by Ulsu ^f^S^^
Miss  Sctytt,   D$*.    Mac^hail,   and Dr." Kimball t#B«   Team)     Then I was aske^^g
."to. joinia special -.party wh;ieh had been arranged at the swimming .clul*^ Tl^ed
as I w#s" I thought ijtiad better go...    Turned aut to be aa^pRtr-doo^^lneioa'
at the ^relgners el||b—a most terrible picture of the Hollywood kind.
And lets of people in evening dress—they tell m«that jit Is a gcfod
idea as it keeps the mosquitos away*:^Sverybody seemed fp"if$ bitten.but
me so prol|l&bly J don^t need to go formal! ' g|i     ^M
%e ||eason I have time for this long introduction is that I [begged off
the first1 engagement this morning which was at §.AfM.  to  saresom^I school
opened*  $hd now at 9:30> iss pedersen Is having an appointment with Miss
(Juaid.    ./[jy the wdy rooms are very scarse here and apparently a arable
went tc* Delhii  and- may'-'or may not have been relayed to Geneva,   telk:^p|>
menot/kto TOme onifjlliat acq^untt;^^nyway Miss pedersen is otftwIth'Eit '
Grahzm    (who didfpt gaatjjpthe part^O and I am |%$lipying the spare ped"in
Miss Quaid1 p room.      At i&iTj& there ist^pe a meeting witSa the iv^^bb$
and at 11S30 up until about 12 we meet Mri^^eag-Sang and a whole r^ft of
others in-succession,  according to Miss Sedersenl^S^^Jt $£§x&
4.P#K*j|lhis is iduite a situation!    First there was a tetief meeting phis
morning wltjpthe nurses. -eThe need for nursing leadership Is mo^^^vious.
The tutor gtfpyxp and -the public health group each gol^^%|ie?«own way.
Boris hers#3«*^fers t%Jp* division in the team and' i^jfa^-?cmk|parsing
education    as apart from public health.    Hiss Graham was Unavoidably late
and took v0^jil3.|Lttle part toc-the discussion whieh 1% effectxwas really
not a discussionJfJt was a little scolding from th* Ntarsing Advisor on
wfeheirn&t working as a feaam and on their behavioral was embarrassed for
itheir sake tha% I was present*      Miss Scott mad|§a plea for ftaff meetings
so thafc she coiild geiwfcoi'". know of the work and plans of the ethers.    Miss
Bavies seems to thinMthat they are co-operating very well when they ask
the public health nurses to give lectures to the studKs*    So doe® £ ^
Misi Graham-^Miss Bavies seems to be the spokesman for the two.    fortunately
there was l«is than an h^fo^his meeting and we are te have a long one
to discuss^hursingS