On their way to the first public meeting of the Mississippi River Commission, members of the Mekong River Commission stopped to view flood control works in Caruthersville, Mo. Shown here at a section of the Caruthersville floodwall are (left to right) Mr. Sommad Pholsena, Laotian Minister of Natural Resource and Environment; Elizabeth Burks, Memphis District, Corps of Engineers Assistant Deputy for Project Management; Dr. Tran Hong Ha, Vietnam’s Minister of Natural Resource and Environment; and Lt. Gen. Surasak Karjanat, Chair of Thailand’s Minister of Natural Resource and Environment.