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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (198)	6/5/1998 10:24:00 AM
From: Chip McVickar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

Henry, Indonesia particularly has the potenial to re-invent the Asian Miricle. Your comments are right-on. With it's ethnic, religious and cultural diversities....they have had a fairly tolerant society. Producing many economic opportunities for their population and for the greater part keeping away from all the ethnic and religious contagions. My hope is that a stronge, ethical and charasmatic leader will emerge to carry the Indonesian people into greater freedom, peaceful democratic rule and help them define and articulate their future. What better place for all the worlds diversities to blend into the newest successful democracy of the world.....with the "core cultural values" retained. Great symbol for the impovished communities all over the world. They certainly are capable of governing themselves. The american government should extend any possible help after Suharto's exit, that includes Habibie..... Pay those "kleptocrates" to stay inside their villas. Chip

To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (198)	6/6/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 3536

I agree. My sense is that too much control of capital and investment was in the hands of too few individuals who began to believe they could do no wrong. Diversification is the basic tenet of most investors. This crash reinforces that principle, IMO. The workforce and the values that drove the Asian markets have not changed. JLA

To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (198)	6/9/1998 11:13:00 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3536

Henry, awful quite here with Greenspeak tomorrow, the Dollar over 140 Yen and Hong Kong down sharply again. Any comments on potential for devaluation in HK/China or what impact the continuing rise of the dollar might have on the US economy and corporate profits? For a few days there, US investors actually seemed to care about the profit outlook. I was also wondering at what level on the dollar are Asian investors likely to start taking profits on doubly inflated dollar investments. Any thoughts? Regards, Bob