This report discusses the summit held by President Bill Clinton and other leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on November 19, 1995. The report discusses the primary reason for the summit, an Action Agenda intended to lead to free and open trade and investment among its members. The report also discusses how APEC countries were divided on certain issues going into this summit.

As a result of an initiative by Australia in 1989, the United States joined with eleven other Asia/Pacific nations in creating APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. This report discusses the annual Ministerial Meeting of APEC in Seattle, held from November 17 - 19, 1993.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Interview with E. Benjamin Dunn, a Army WWII veteran and POW from Gorham, Illinois, who was captured by the Japanese on Java with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion.") Dunn discusses training in the Army, transfer to 2-131 and deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and being captured, experiences in internment in Batavia and later Changi Prison Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, and liberation.

Interview with Kelly Bramlett, U.S. Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bramlett discusses the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Saigon, French Indo-China (1944-1945), and his liberation.

Interview with Charley L. Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Lubbock, Texas, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Pryor discusses the sinking of the Houston, his capture, experiences in imprisonment at Serang, Java, experiences at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Thailand Prime Minister Kriangask Comanan is scheduled to visit the United States in January and the Soviet Union is February, a government spokesman said Wednesday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "These Thai children have hemorrhagic fever."

A traditional story about a widow with several daughters who meets a shape-shifting snake. In this version, the moral of the story is explained: do not envy others.

Lyrics of a song describing the weather and foods eaten during the swinging festival, including a metrical analysis of syllables per line.

Transcription of the song/chant 'shàziqziq e' indicating tone and a metrical analysis of syllables per line. Includes partial translations.

Akha narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-12 Àbɔ́qɔ: various stories; 12-[end] Riddles I

Akha narratives. 0-end Riddles II. 28/11-77

Akha narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-45 Riddles III. 45-end Mì-jàq: àú djala. Continued on 39.

Akha narratives. 0-30 àú djala; 30-43 Mì-jàq: about herself 29/11-77; 43-[end] Riddles III

Akha narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-48 Riddles IIII; 48-end Àbɔ́qɔ: nɛ̀q mjà gɔ́ ə. 30/11-77

Akha songs and narratives. 0-32 Àbɔ́qɔ: nɛ̀q mjà gɔ́ ə; 32-52 Ádò: àli àbú ə gá-kɔq; 52 -[end] Àbɔ́qɔ: àjɛ́ tjhá ə dɔ̀

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-32 Àbɔ́qɔ: nɛ̀q mjà gɔ́ ə; 32-52 Ádò: àli àbú ə gá-kɔq; 52 -[end] Àbɔ́qɔ: àjɛ́ tjhá ə dɔ̀

Akha songs and narratives. ná qɔ́ thó ə, Àbɔ́qɔ, 4/11-1978

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Tape 79. ɣoq xhɛ̀ ɣoq doq thó ə́ (tshɔ́ sjhí ə khɔ̀-sjhə) Àbɔ́qɔ 5/11-1978

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. ɣoq xhɛ̀ ɣoq doq thó ə́ (tshɔ́ sjhí ə khɔ̀-sjhə) Àbɔ́qɔ 5/11-1978; bjm̀ dɛ̀q jà dɛ̀q thó ə́, djɔ́ la tshɛ̀ ə (tshɔ́ sjhí ə khɔ̀-sjhə) 6/11-1978

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Tape 80. tshà àŋ tshà zə́ thó ə́; 58-[end] abö́ bö́ ḿ thó ə́. 9/11-78 Àbɔ́qɔ

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-12 abö́ bö́ ḿ thó ə́; 12-[end] ö́ zá thó ə́ (tshɔ́ sjhí ə khɔ̀-sjhə)