CONTENTS: About the Contributors..... I. INTRODUCTION (Hans-Bernd Zöllner): Travelogue in Various Perspectives... Winning Friends and Influencing Peoples... Various Images of a Burmese Nation Between India and Japan ... Books ... Travels... Homogenity, Diversity and the Threat of Splits... Building Friendship through Charismatic Diplomacy... About this Volume...... II. MATERIAL on NU, GANDALARIT: 1. Kyaw Hoe, Bibliographical Information (Translation: Frankie Tun)... Reproduction of Three Photos Contained in the Book ... A scene from a Chinese play... Chiang Kai-shek & Wife and the Delegation... Mao Tse Tung... 2.1 Mo Mo Thant: Report on Gandarlarit (Translation. Georg Noack)... Biography of the Author ... Gandarlarit... Critique... 2.2. Commentary on Mo Mo Thant?s Book Report by J. Wahoff ... 3.1. Tin Hlaing: Book Report on Nu, Gandalarit... The Author... The Book... The Backdrop... The Contents of the Book... External Sources of Information in the Book... Translation of Terms and Concepts... Aim and Impact... Assessment of the Book..... APPENDIX: Additional Information about the Members of the Delegation... 3.2. Lydia Seibel: Commentary on Tin Hlaing?s Book Report ... 3.3. Tin Hlaing: Response on Lydia Seibel?s Comment ... 4. Excerpt: The Japanese Air-Raid on Chungking, Translation by Tin Htway... 5. The Dobama Song..... III. APPENDICES: SHORT INFORMATION on the MAKING of the BOOK REPORTS... INFORMATION about COMMENTARIES on BOOK REPORTS.