FRUIT NOTES 

 March 1951; 



STRENGTHET^IPIG EAST^VJEST TIES 

 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and 

 the Agricultural Attache of the American Embassy of Yugoslavia have 

 requested that Professor ViTilbur H, Thies be allowed to return to 

 Yugoslavia for a period of three months to complete tlie Extension 

 education job he started last year, Tife feel that this is our oppor- 

 tunity to contribute substantially to better relationships and under- 

 standing between the people of the United States and those of Yugoslavia 

 and have therefore given our approval of this project. 



Professor Thies will be gone during April, iiay, and June of this 

 year and this will be important to the fruit grovters of iiassachusetts ; 

 however, we have the assurance of the staffs of the Departments of 

 Pomology, Botany, and Entomology that they will make every effort to 

 serve the fruit growers adequately. Through this cooperative effort by 

 others we believe that the growers will be getting good service and at 

 the same time one of our staff members will be doing his bit for inter- 

 national understanding. 



Dale H, Sieling, Dean 

 School of Agriculture 

 and Horticulture 

 University of Iviassachusetts 



Iferch 19, 195U 



