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extent to which "Western" principles can be applied. 

 They know that regardless of the chaos at the national 

 level they must make decisions. Most important, they 

 have received few specific instructions and have much 

 flexibility. 



These are the people with whom we should be working. We 

 should broaden their perspectives on how market 

 principles might be introduced into their institutions 

 without destroying the social responsibilities of their 

 farms. 



The point of greatest importance is that these are the 

 people who have the power to strongly influence whether 

 the change made in the inevitable restructuring of huge 

 farms is nominal, significant or revolutionary. These 

 are the people with the power to bring about "mass 

 conversion" to the "true (economic) faith". 



In my judgment it could be very constructive to bring 

 perhaps 1,000 such decision makers to the U.S. each year. 

 They should spend little time in cities or universities. 

 For them, the relevant institutions are local farmer 

 cooperatives, local livestock auction markets, local 

 implement dealers, commodity markets, etc. More than a 

 drop-by visit is needed. It is desirable for the guests 



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