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David Smith Interview
An interview with David Smith of Eagle Car Dealership in Morehead, Kentucky by Christian Wright discussing his personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic
[Correspondence Between David M. Smith and Barbara Jordan - January 29, 1974-February 14, 1974]
Correspondence between David M. Smith and Barbara Jordan where McGee requests that Jordan make an effort to amend a bill regarding insurance on bank deposits. Jordan confirms her support
Correspondence of David Lawrence McKay, March 1921 to March 1923
Copies of letters sent to David Lawrence McKay during the period from January to June of 1924, while he was serving in the Swiss and German Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Among the writers are Apostle George Albert Smith, Charles W. Nibley, Karl M. Richards, and various people connected to the mission. Also a letter dated 11 October 1923 from S. Auda & Freres in Beirut, Lebanon, to David O. McKay. Some of the letters are in French
David Walker letter
This collection contains a letter written at Fort Smith, Ark., by David Walker to "Wilson," believed to be Alfred M. Wilson of Fayetteville, Ark. A transcription of the letter is included
Letter from David N. Smith to James B. Finley
Rev. David N. Smith is serving the Newark appointment, Zanesville District. He writes to let Finley know that a box of books is coming (presumably for the prisoners). He reports that the last quarterly meeting was pleasant. Bro. Jameson (James M. Jameson, P.E., Zanesville District) was in attendance, though lame. Smith told Jameson that Finley intends to visit Lancaster, Rushville, and Somerset. Jameson is very anxious to see Finley and hopes that it can be arranged when Finley is in Somerset. Abstract Number - 1035https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/2019/thumbnail.jp
Elridge Hunt
Elridge Smith oral history interview as conducted by David Smith.
Elridge Hunt spent his whole professional career working for the California Department of Fish and Game, where he spent a lot of time working on the Pacific Flyway. This interview focuses on his role with the Pacific Flyway and the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
Name: Elridge Hunt
Keywords: History, Hunting, Habitat conservation, Waterfowl, Pacific Flyway, California Department of Fish and Game, North American Waterfowl Management Plan1
Oral History Cover Sheet
Name: Eldridge Hunt
Date of Interview: January 10, 2006
Interviewer: David Smith
Offices and Field Stations Worked: California Department of Fish and Game
Positions Held: Chief of the Wildlife Management Division
Most Important Projects: North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Pacific Flyway, population management, habitat management,
Colleagues and Mentors: Jack Grieb
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National Heritage Team of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Oral History Program
Narrator/USFW Retiree: Eldridge "Red" Hunt
Date: January 10, 2001
Interviewed by: David Smith
David Smith: We're here to talk for a few minutes about the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. You've been involved in it from day one, so we want to pick your brain about that. Could you just tell us a little bit about your professional career?
Eldridge Hunt: Yes. My whole professional career was with the California Department of Fish and Game. During the time that I was involved with the North American Waterfowl Plan, I was Chief of the Wildlife Management Division for the California Department of Fish and Game. In that position, I spent a lot of time working with the Pacific Flyway, and that was my entry into the program, through the flyway, representing the Pacific Flyway.
David Smith: Do you remember the first time you touched or heard about the North American Waterfowl Management Plan?
Eldridge Hunt: I sure do. It was at a flyway meeting and Jack Grieb, who was involved with the Pacific Flyway and in the writing of the plan, came to the flyway and talked about it. There wasn't complete acceptance on the part of the flyway at that time. They were concerned that the plan, in some way, would get involved in harvest or population management and the flyway figured that that was their piece of the cake and they didn't want anybody interfering. So, they made it very clear to Grieb that they wanted protection. When I was first appointed that was the direction they gave me, was to not let this group get involved in population management. So, that was the way we started out.
David Smith: To follow up on that, how has that played out over the years with the flyway council initially very concerned about population, regulation, and harvest? What focus did the waterfowl plan take if it wasn't population?
Eldridge Hunt: Right. Well, it was basically a habitat plan, and kind of separate it from population, but the objectives of the habitat plan was measured in population. So, there certainly is a connection between the two.
Over the years, I think the flyway, particularly Pacific Flyway, has mellowed and recognized the need for the plan to get at least somewhat involved in population management. That's played out with the participation of the flyways on the SSD [Special Service District] teams and so forth, they are much more cooperative then they were at the beginning. And I think that's one of the reasons for their success, that the flyways are more comfortable with the program now they see the great benefits. I think they feel that 3
that's probably the best way to get the management of resource accomplished, in terms of habitat, is through this international program.
David Smith: That's a good point. People now, almost 20 years later, sometimes look at the waterfowl plan as a tremendous success and don't realize there was pain in giving birth to this plan. It's an interesting perspective.
Any other areas of controversy, difficulty that you recall from when then this plan became established?
Eldridge Hunt: Well, the thing that I remember first of controversy is the first update and I think that there was a general feeling among the members that there was a need to go all bird or all wildlife at that time. So, I think that probably resulted in a meeting in Washington D.C., where all of the folks that were interested in the plan being called together to find out whether they thought that that change should be made at that point in time. Due to the testimony, found out that it was pretty well on track the way it was originally written. So that's the way it came out in the first update.
David Smith: Let me ask you this, Red, can you point to any particularly significant accomplishments, events that led to the development of the waterfowl plan --- the period before it was signed and since it was signed? Are there key milestones that you can point to?
Eldridge Hunt: I think in my mind the most significant, harking back to involvement with the flyway, and I was particularly involved in harvest management and so forth, and quite aware of the need for habitat management, and we saw this as the great step of getting work done particularly in the prairies of Canada. California had been involved in supporting Canadian projects for some time, and we were very impressed with the accomplishments primarily the DU [Ducks Unlimited] was making up there. We saw this just as a great opportunity to further develop habitat in the prairies in Canada, so that was our original focus. It was quite narrow at that time and, of course, has broadened since then.
David Smith: That's key. You mentioned the first update, which I believe was in 1994, as a key point. Since then, there have been several other updates?
Eldridge Hunt: Two.
David Smith: Have they... What impact has that process of periodic updating had on the plan, if any, would you say?
Eldridge Hunt: I think it had major [impact]. I think that the fact, there's two couple of factors that speak to this. I know of no other wildlife plan that has been effective over that period of time. Usually a plan is developed and it works for four or five years and then it is discarded, so to speak. But there's been so much effort in updating and revising the plan, that it stays current. To me, that's one of the major reasons for success, is that it is updated on a five year increment and a great deal of effort 4
goes into getting input from the constituencies. It takes a lot of time to do that, but I think it's well worthwhile, that everybody that's interested gets a chance to comment and make the plan current. And I think that has been very significant in its success.
David Smith: That's a good point. If the updating, periodic updating, five year updates have been influential, can you point to anything else that has made --- and you mentioned that the waterfowl plan has lasted longer than any other...
Eldridge Hunt: As far as that, yes.
David Smith: You mentioned the updating process, can you point to any other key characteristics or components of the waterfowl plan that have enabled it to survive 25 years, apparently in good condition and still going strong?
Eldridge Hunt: I think the joint venture of partnership concept has got to be key in that. This was kind of new in the wildlife field, and I think it's been followed by many other wildlife initiatives as the way to go. The other thing that comes to my mind is the way the relationship of the planning committee and the service to the joint ventures, and letting each one be individual in terms of their procedures, and settle on what works best for them as opposed to all going with the same process and procedure. The freedom for the joint ventures to do what fits in best with them, I think, is very important.
David Smith: You've participated in a number of joint ventures, personally in management awards and [visiting] at various capacities. In a nutshell, for people that don't know exactly what a joint venture is, how would you describe what a waterfowl plan joint venture is?
Eldridge Hunt: Well, I don't know, we can go back originally to the 32... There were areas that were identified as important waterfowl areas in Canada and the U.S. I believe there were 32 or 32. And there was originally five of those areas that were selected for the original joint ventures. That has been expanded, and I'm not sure the number now, what is it 13 now or 11? Something like that, but it's almost doubled, and the door is not shut now, if there's need for additional joint ventures I'm sure they will come onboard.
In our flyway we have four joint ventures, and they're all different as night and day and they all, I feel, do well for their location and for their management boards. I think one of the things that we've done over a period of time from your office in the planning committee is meet with those joint ventures and get from them their needs and also offer information about how best to proceed. I think that's greatly appreciated and should be continued.
David Smith: Let me follow up, you were talking about one of the keys here in the joint venture partnership concept and that the whole organization, the planning committee and the Fish and Wildlife Service had given joint ventures the freedom to be individual to get the job done. To some people that would seem as not highly controlled, 5
not highly structured --- how in the world can something that's a loose structure be so successful?
Eldridge Hunt: We didn't have strong direction or control.
David Smith: Is that a paradox or is that a truth?
Eldridge Hunt: Well, I think that most people would believe that it would fail. But I think, and I don't why it hasn't, but the partnerships are so strong, I think, that they have prevailed. Despite the lack of strong authority at the top and strong direction, they have done well for what they needed to do. I think the reason for that is that the needs are so different in the different joint ventures, that to apply the procedure of one, and I know speaking of our flyway, one procedure of one joint venture to the others would be harmful.
David Smith: Thank you. Let me ask you this, we've talked about the early days and through joint ventures and through the updates, is there anything else you would like to add from your experience with the plan, with the planning committee, with joint ventures, or...?
Eldridge Hunt: I think that one of the things that we haven't talked at all about is the inclusion of the other initiatives in the joint ventures. Most of the joint ventures are all bird now, and the way that has transpired, with basically the only funding for the waterfowl element, and yet the joint ventures have gone ahead and brought funding in for projects for the other initiatives where the money was available, and this has been done without a great deal of bickering. Originally, when our thinking was real narrow, I know I didn't think that this was going to be possible, I thought there was always going to be conflict between waterfowl and the others, and this has proven not to be the case in the joint ventures that I've had experience with. And that was a great revelation.
David Smith: You've cited several examples where people didn't think it could be done, from the waterfowl plan itself, to joint ventures themselves, to being able to get money to flow to Canada, to joint ventures being able to embrace birds beyond waterfowl and make it all work. So, a lot of doubting seems to have turned into a lot of accomplishment.
Eldridge Hunt: Yeah, you wonder why that happened! Whether it was just luck or...
David Smith: That's very impressive.
Eldridge Hunt: Yeah, it is very. It is the most, in my career, which, well, I'll be off the plan committee this spring, but in my career that expanded almost 60 years, involvement in the North American [Waterfowl Plan] is by far the most interesting and significant thing that I had known. It kind of climaxed here, this has been great coming here to this session and seeing what you have to offer here.
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David Smith: Well, I congratulate you on that time and thank you for all of your contributions, really. That's very, very significant.
Eldridge Hunt: I'll just add one thing, that I was the, the other thing I should have brought out, that I was fortunate to be able to be involved in both the planning committee and the council staff, and been the only one. It was great to know what the concepts were in the plan, and to see how they were actually implemented through the council. I would strongly recommend, that wherever possible, that representation on both parts of the plan involve the same state, the same flyway, same individual. It's been helpful.
David Smith: Well thank you Red, that really is an incredible accomplishment that you have done.
Eldridge Hunt: Well it's been fun, this has really been enjoyable. I don't know what it would have all been without it.
Key Words (Please highlight or circle those described in the interview):
refuges
fisheries
law enforcement
ecological serv.
personnel
realty
director
public affairs
game
contaminants
animal damage
river basins
Regions 1-9__
Patuxent
Federal Aid
international
CITES habitat
ESA
wilderness
fishing hunting
birding
boats
aviation
surveys flyways waterfowl
potholes
migration
eagles
condors
cranes
pesticides
pelicans
Olaus Murie
Ding Darling
Ira Gabrielson
J. Clark Salyer
Al Day
Rachel Carson
H. Zahniser
Dan Jantzen
J. Gottschalk
J. Gottschalk
Spencer Smith
L. Greenwalt
Bob Jantzen
Frank Dunkle
John Turner
M. Beattie
Aldo Leopold
Stuart Udall
James Watt
Bruce Babbitt
inventions
research
ecosystems
invasive species
reintroductions
red wolves
gray wolves
Mexican wolf
condors
spotted ow
A. T. Smith Diary transcript 1843
A transcription of a 1843 diary in which Alvin Thompson Smith writes about topics such as his daily life living as a settler on the Tualatin Plains, his tending to daily farmwork and chores; constructing a barn; reading and attending prayer meetings and church; his travels to Willamette Falls; Congregational Minister Harvey L. Clark (or Clarke), P.B. Littlejohn, missionary John Smith Griffin, and the business affairs between the men; and his fellow settlers James and David Flet, C. M. Walker, Charles McKay and Cornelius Rogers, amongst others. Smith also describes taking in the children of Joseph Gale.Born in Connecticut in 1802, Alvin Thompson Smith, along with his wife Abigail Raymond, was amongst the first Euro-Americans to settle in the area on the Tualatin Plains that became Forest Grove, Oregon in the early 1840s. In his life, Smith was a missionary, a postmaster, a notable participant in the Champoeg Meetings, the builder of a 1856 house in Forest Grove that is today recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as the Alvin T. Smith House, and a contributor to an orphanage that became Tualatin Academy and later developed into Pacific University. Smith died in 1888 at the age of 85. This is one part of a collection of transcriptions of Alvin T. Smith's diaries from the years 1840-1853. The transcriptions, which are likely not identical to the diaries themselves and perhaps summarize some entries, were likely typewritten in the 1970s. The original diaries are held by the Oregon Historical Society (Mss 8)
George Albert Smith correspondence, March 1908
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of George A. Smith from March of 1908. Includes a letter from Pliny T. Sexton at Palmyra, New York; a letter from his sister "Claire" [Nancy Clarabell] at the Southern States Mission office in Chattanooga; a letter from David K. Udall at Saint Johns, Arizona; a letter from Emmet M. F. Perrin at La Park, Pennsylvania, with a genealogical question; and a letter from Charles W. Penrose at Liverpool, Englan
Morton M. Smith important dates prepared November 1, 2002, Stan Smith (703) 289-1230
Chronology of Morton M. Smith's professional career, prepared by Stan Smith, from various sources. Also includes a list of the people Smith worked with, as well as a collection of anecdotes about Smith, as told by the people who knew him.Morton M. Smith
Important Dates
Prepared November 1, 2002
Stan Smith (703) 289-1230
1949 – Made a member of Louisiana Nu Chapter of Xi Sigma Pi (National
Forestry/Natural Resource Honor Society)
1949 – Made a member of Louisiana Chapter of Alpha Zeta (Professional Fraternity of
Agriculture)
1950 – B.S. (Forestry) from Louisiana State University
1951 – M.S. (Game Management) from Louisiana State University
1951 (July) to 1953 (July) – Assistant Waterfowl Study Leader, Louisiana Fisheries &
Wildlife Commission. Supervisor was Richard Yancey. Based in Ferriday, LA. Served
as assistant to Yancey on Waterfowl Research Project 17-R and 29-R under Pittman
Robertson Section. Work consisted of research and surveys of Louisiana waterfowl
populations. Duties required 200 hours flight time per year as an observer. Work
conducted statewide.
1953 (April 23) – Notification of Assignment Upon Entry into Active Military Service
(“Having accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve through
the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program, you are being ordered into
active military service and assigned to 1912th Airways and Air Communication Service
Squadron, Olmstead Air Force Base, Pennsylvania.” /s/ Samuel E. Barger, Major, USAF,
Acting Air Adj Gen.).
1953 (July 3) – Entered Active Duty. Served as a personnel officer, primarily at Scott
Field, Illinois. Served as Squadron Personnel Officer and Adjutant for two years.
Responsible for all administrative phases of squadron operation, including records,
personnel assignments and squadron maintenance.
1954 (March 4) – Promoted to first lieutenant.
1955 (July) – Honorable discharge from USAF.
1955 (July) to 1957 (July) – Biologist II, Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Commission.
Supervisor was John Newsom. Based in Alexandria, LA. Responsible for wildlife
management and development practices carried on in the Commission’s District III under
various Pittman Robertson projects. Also was responsible for fish and game work in
District III.
1957 (July) to 1962 (December) – Biologist II, Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries
Commission. Supervisor was Robert Murray (Research Supervisor). Returned to
research as a Waterfowl Study Leader. Responsible for all research under Pittman
Robertson Project W29R. Duties required travel statewide. One phase of work required
250 hours of flight time/year as an observer.
Late 1950’s – Conducted aerial surveys (along with fellow Louisiana biologist Clark
Hoffpauir) in the aftermath of Hurricane Audrey indicating a sudden population jump in
certain species wintering in Louisiana. (Source: Flyways: Pioneering Waterfowl
Management in North America, Arthur S. Hawkins, et al., Editors, U.S. Government
Printing Office, May 1984, page 448.)
Late 1950’s to Early 1960’s – Participated in annual workshops of technical committees
of the flyway councils to discuss agency contributions to waterfowl management
programs of the flyway. (Source: Flyways, at page 382, pictured attending meeting of
Mississippi Flyway waterfowl technicians held at Louisiana’s Rockefeller Refuge.)
Early 1960’s – Flew aerial transect surveys over inland and coastal marshes with other
state waterfowl biologists. (Source: Flyways, at page 446.)
1962 (January 4) – Career-Conditional Appointment as Wildlife Biologist
(Management/Airplane Pilot) for Bureau’s Division of Wildlife, Branch of Management
and Enforcement, Atlanta, Georgia (Pos. No. 4-3213-1).
1964 – Contributor, U.S. Department of the Interior’s Waterfowl Tomorrow (U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1964); “Ducks in Dixie” with John L.
Sincock, and John J. Lynch (at page 99-106).
1967 – Attended meeting of management biologists at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center. (Source: Flyways, at picture at page 260, caption at page 261.)
~1968 (January) – Appointed Assistant Branch Chief, Division of Management and
Enforcement’s Branch of Management, and reassigned from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.
1968 (February) to 1969 (September) – Citation for Outstanding Performance for, among
other things, “field administration and supervision of summer waterfowl surveys and
banding program in the United States and Canada.”
1970 (April 13) – Special Achievement Award “for Superior Service” to the Bureau’s
Division of Management and Enforcement.
1971 (February) – Cited for a Quality Performance Award for “continuing high level
performance” with the Bureau’s Division of Management and Enforcement.
~mid-1970’s-1980’s – At Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, supervising Branch of
Surveys. (Source: Letter, dated March 9, 1990 from Thomas J. Dwyer, Chief, Office of
Migratory Bird Management, on the occasion of retirement.)1
1 I have not yet located Dad’s personnel files for the year ~1972-1990. They would probably provide more
details about specific work assignments than I have been able to provide here.
1990 (May 1) – Retirement. Retired as Assistant Director – [Refuges] & Wildlife, Office
of Migratory Bird Management, Washington, D.C. (Branch Chief, Surveys and
Operations)
Logged 7,000+ hours as a pilot for FWS. (Source: Interview with Mark Madison, FWS
Historian, conducted March 29, 1999.)
Worked with (among others):
Vern Stotts
Don Frickie
William Vogel
Patricia Holt
Keith A. Morehouse
Ken Gamble
Jim Bartonek
Jerry Serie
Skip Ladd
David E. Sharp
Harvey K. Nelson
David L. Hall
Gene Wood
Henry Reeves
John P. Rogers
George Brakhage
Dick Pospahala
Bob Blohm
Brad Bortner
Sean Kelly
Arthur Brazda
Dick Bauer
Jerome Stoudt
Arthur S. Hawkins
Jerry Pospichal
Douglas S. Benning
Bill Larned
Robert L. Jessen
K. Duane Norman
Fred Roetker
Vic Hamer
H. W. Heusmann
Matthew C. Perry
Leon Kirkland
Fairfax H. Settle
Bob Trost
John Tautin
Bruce Conant
Frank Bowers
Judy Bladen
Jim Bredy
Sam Carney
Liz Cummings
Dave Dolton
Mike Elkins
Greg Essinger
Fred Fiehrer
Ken Gamble
Paul Geissler
Jim Goldsberry
Mary Lou Hill
Larry Jahn
Kathy Klimkiewicz
Phil Koscheka
Fant Martin
Harvey Miller
Barbara Moore
Jim Nichols
Al Novara
Pete Poulous
Jim Price
Ron Reynolds
Bunny Siran
Bob Smith
Rollie Sparrowe
Tom Taylor
Roy Tomlinson
Dave Trauger
Jim Voelzer
Ken Williams
Dr. Fred Glover
Kahler Martinson
Ross Hanson
Dick Yancey
Jake Chamberlain
C. Lostetter
W. Crissey
J. Smith
G. Jensen
D. Purinton
D. Combs
K. Baer
Harry Hansen
A Weinrich
R. Mackay
K. Vermeer
K. Norman
E. Wellein
R. Buller
R. Slattery
P. Smith
R. Martinson
Don Smith
Maury Lundy
David Anderson
Anecdotes (Source: Morton M. Smith Retirement File, 1990)
• [Author not named]: “I really believe Mort’s favorite air-machine was the
DeHavilland ‘Speedster’ or Beaver. Seriously, when it came to multiple use or being
capable of handling many tasks, it was by far the best bush craft I ever flew. It had
one unredeeming feature however – it was slower than the second coming of the ‘Big
Man’ – in fact, it was the only aircraft I knew of that a tailwind wouldn’t help. I had
several affectionate adjectives for the machine and I used to relate to Mort about the
‘Speedster’s’ inability to develop much forward motion. I believe he took this
bitching with a grain of salt – until he drove it himself for awhile. Finally, after a
long summer, he called and said I was probably right; ‘it probably wouldn’t go much
over 100 miles per hour coming straight down.’”
• Vern Stotts: Some of his greatest thoughts and lessons for me were:
a. “I could hit these seaducks more often if they tasted better,” meant that with
practice one can rationalize anything.
b. When he said, “We can get this 206 off the water in less than 1 minute when
everyone is down to their high school weight,” it translated into don’t stuff rocks
in your personal kit to take home as souvenirs.
c. After a clapper rail hunting trip to the Eastern Short of Virginia, he remarked,
“We should shoot these critters only with a singleshot, 4-10 pistol fired with the
left hand after a cross-draw”, meaning that modern equipment can take away the
thrill of a full bag.
d. And, finally, after a perfect 2-point landing, he stressed that, “We can be happy
that we didn’t do it the other way around and land with our wheels down on the
water”, teaching me the hows, whys, whens, and beauty of a personal checklist.
• Bob Blohm: Of course, Mort, your red station wagon was legendary at the [Patuxent
Wildlife Research] center and how many Monday lunchtime discussions focused on
your weekend activities with your son to prepare the vehicle for the next week’s
drive. And, your love of doughnuts (particularly stale ones, at least 3-4 weeks old)
and old hunting clothes (the more holes and dangling threads, the better) is known far
and wide.
• Art Hawkins: After you joined the FWS Airforce it was fun getting together with
you, Don Smith, Maury Lundy and others to compare notes. You were unique among
most of the pilots listed above in that you were completely interchangeable between
ground and air duty. In fact, on days when you couldn’t fly, for one reason or
another, you joined the guys in the trenches, of your own free will. … One thing for
sure, I never worked with anyone I’ve enjoyed working with more, whether in the
Louisiana marshes or on the Canadian Prairies, whether at wing bees or Tech
meetings. Your cheerful attitude and dedication to duty made the job easier.
• John Tautin: I still recall my first months with FWS in 1974 and being assigned to a
duck banding station in Alberta. My first flight in FWS aircraft was when you flew
me from Saskatoon to Brooks to meet up with the banding crew. We (you) had to
make a tough landing in a crosswind on sod. It went well, and I still recall being
impressed and thinking that this pilot has the right stuff. I went on to learn that the
other pilots, our flyway biologists, were also fine biologists and good, safe pilots.
You deserve a lot of credit for that, having been in charge of that operation. Being in
charge as Branch Chief, Surveys and Operations, is how I most often think of you.
You have been one of the best managers I have seen, fair and honest with people,
managing to get the job done well with limited resources, and firm and decisive when
need be on issues and problems. I learned a lot from you that helps me now that I am
in charge of [the Bird Banding Laboratory]
E-book : "asean And East Asian International Relations" (david M. Jones & M.l.r. Smith)
ORGANISASI INTERNASIONAL LANJUTAN: E-book : "asean And East Asian International Relations" (david M. Jones & M.l.r. Smith
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