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Publication: January - March 1989

General Note: Editor's Notes
Bob Shaplen: Father and Journalist by Peter Shaplen
Lovely Americans by Robert Shaplen
Asia Looks Ahead by Robert A. Scalapino
RP-US Relations: For Old Time's Sake by Claude A. Buss
From Here to Paradox: Vietnam in Retrospect by Douglas Pike
US and Burma: The Ephemeral Promise of the Private Sector by David I. Steinberg
A Personal Perspective on Indonesia by Guy J. Pauker
Thai Law and Society by William J. Klausner
The Minorities of Siam and Burma by Sulak Sivaraksa
Some Aspects of Cordillera Indigenous Literature by June Prill-Brett
The Mirror of Deception: Malaysian and Indonesian Languages by Anwar Ridhwan

Improving the Quality of Urban Life
Recommendations and Transcript of Discussion
Squatter Participation and Urban Development by Timoteo G. Butalid
Informal Land Development in Metro Fringe Areas by Nathaniel von Einsiedel
Urban Land Reform and Housing by Diogenes S. Osabel

Fiction
The Gecko and the Mermaid by N.V.M. Gonzalez
Of Crabs and Fish by F. Sionil Jose
Air Raid That April of the First Quarter Moon by Antonio Reyes Enriquez

Poetry
Last Straw by Lesley Gan
Traveler by Medardo M. Panlilio
Equilibrium (a quartet) by Manuel A. Viray

Cultural Notes and Reviews
Not Morato's Fault by Ricky S. Torre
Projecting Images by Leonora A. Reyes
Rare Bird by Vincent K. Pollard
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Citation: Solidarity, 1078Serial110623. No Date, Douglas Pike Collection (Personal Papers), Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1078Serial110623, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1078Serial110623, Douglas Pike Collection (Personal Papers), Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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