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Amid the destruction of World War II and the rebuilding that followed, an artistic phenomenon took place in the Far East. The artists of the region, struggling to maintain the delicate quality of traditional painting and printmaking, found an unlikely market for their work. Servicemen and women bought thousands of these contemporary paintings and prints, as well as traditional antique artwork. With the outbreak of the Korean War a new generation of military personnel was introduced to these exquisite works of art. The market prospered through the rebuilding years as a growing number of the mili¬ tary, their families, business people and travelers sought mementos of their stays. Do you know anyone who THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ARTISTS WE ARE CURRENTLY BUYING. was in the Far East between JAPAN GK ikk 33 1945 and 1980? HASUI KUNIYOSHI ONCHI AM0RS0L0 LE MAYEUR HIROSHIGE MIZUFUNE SAITO MAGSAYAY HO AFFANDI It started as a trickle of personnel HOKUSAI MORI SEKINO specializing in security and occupation HOSHI MUNAKATA UTAMARO PARK SOO-KEUN HITCHCOCK related tasks. But soon the military pres¬ JACOULET NAKAYAMA YOSHIDA KIMSOU KELLY ence in the region swelled with civilian specialists helping to rebuild the area. visiting. Now imagine that the same Chances are, all of us know someone who Call today to cash in your painting or print is signed by Norman was there! And if that someone owns a hidden treasure. Rockwell rather than a local artist. Instead painting or print signed by one of the artists of being worth only a few dollars, its value When you call you’ll be listed here, he or she may be hundreds, has soared! 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FLOATING WORLD You're in a shop that sells paintings and waiting at the end of your phone call. prints of the local attractions you’ve been GALLERY CONTENTS OCTOBER 1995 I Vol. 72, No. 10 COVER FEATURES Foc vs ON TERRORISM MAKING A DIFFERENCE / 22 32 / STRENGTHENING US POLICY Former Peace Corps Volunteers Say US Expands Efforts Idealistic Values Still Guide Them at AID To Target Terrorists, By David Arnold Create Global Network THE ACCIDENTAL TREATY / 26 By Karen Krebsbach Though Envoy Trist Negotiated End Of 36 / PROTECTING AMERICANS ARROAD Mexican War, The Act Finished His Career Attacks Declining, By John J. Harter But Embassies Remain IN SEARCH OF NUDE PARADES / 50 Security Conscious Outside UN Womens Conference in Beijing, By Larry Lesser Rumors Persist of Those Elusive Naked Women 39 / TIIE GROWING CRIME WAVE ABROAD By Darien Hsu By Larry Lesser Focus 44 / RELIVING BEIRUT’S HORROR Ex-FSO Recalls '83 Embassy Bomb That Killed 66 By Anne Dammarell C O L U M N S Page 32 5 / PRESIDENT’S VIEWS Navigating on the Road to Nowhere D E PA JJT M E N T S By EA. “Tex” Harris LETTERS/7 15 / SPEAKING OUT CLIPPINGS / 18 Educating Diplomats in the 21st Century AFSA NEWS / CENTER PULLOUT SECTION By Allan E. 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