With transportation assistance provided by the U.S. Navy, Thailand sent its first major art exhibition to the U.S. to visit eight cities in 1960. Here M.C. Subhadaradis Diskul (right), former chief curator of the NAtional Museum, and Mr. Walter Fraine, Honolulu Academy of Arts, examine a Buddha head from the 300-piece exhibit. (Source: The Eagle and the Elephant, page 110)