Bob Maile is an American diplomat in Burma whom Ruth Jyoti speaks very highly of. Unlike most Americans in the story, Maile is studious, humble, and quiet. He and his wife learn Burmese immediately, put their children in a local school, and live in a modest house in the city without servants. Jyoti believes that if all Americans were as good as Maile, Communism would not last in Southeast Asia.
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However, Jyoti states that an American named Bob Maile is extraordinarily effective. Maile lives quietly in Burma and spent his first six months there...
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