1. This attitude must have marked the relations between Indian authorities and UNESCO's officials. For instance, when in 1952, Myrdal visited Maulauna Abul Kalem Azad to discuss UNESCO's work in India, then Minister of Education, she is stricken by the formality of the audience, and "not least by the fact, that the Minister, who is a Moslem scholar of world eminence, is not willing to speak any Western languages;Ss/Memo;Alva Myrdal to the Acting Director General, X07.83 Myrdal "Missions of Mrs. A. Myrdal,1951