Missions

Dr. Stuart A. Rice, center front row, during the first mission to Japan by the International Statistical Institute. Others are unidentified. Attached was a business card of Tohoru Nonaka with a handwritten note "Dr. Rice, Thank you very much for inspecting Kawasaki plant on Jan. 17th." The accompanying card is in the Rice papers.

John F. Melby, back to camera, and General Graves B. Erskine, facing camera, meet with unidentified men in Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission.

John F Melby meeting with unidentified men in Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission.

General Graves B. Erskine and John F. Melby meet with unidentified people in Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission.

General Graves B. Erskine meeting with unidentified men in Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission.

General Graves B. Erskine, left, and John F. Melby, right, meet with unidentified people in Thailand during the Melby Erskine Mission.

John F. Melby, on left, and General Graves B. Erskine, second from left, being greeted. They are in the Philippines during the Melby Erskine Mission. Others are unidentified.

General Graves B. Erskine is being greeted in the Philippines during the Melby Erskine Mission. Others are unidentified.

General Graves B. Erskine and John F. Melby walking up the steps with an unidentified man. The soldiers and building under construction can be seen in the background. They are evidently in Thailand.

General Graves B. Erskine (center) and others looking a papers. They are in the Philippines during the Melby Erskine Mission. Others are unidentified.