THE THIRTY-NINETH SEMINAR COURSE WAS ATTENDED BY 19 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 13 ASIAN AND FAR EASTERN NATIONS. MOST PARTICIPANTS WERE SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS. AMONG THE SUBJECTS REVIEWED WERE THE GOALS OF POLICE AGENCIES, THE ROLE OF POLICE DISCRETION, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE FORCE, RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF POLICE, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN POLICE FUNDING AND REFORMS. RECOMMENDATIONS REACHED DURING THE SEMINAR ARE LISTED. SUMMARIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS' PRESENTATIONS ARE THEN PROVIDED. THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDED THE NATURE OF CRIME IN THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES, POLICE PROBLEMS, THE POLICE ROLE IN A CHANGING SOCIETY, POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE INFLUENCE OF EACH COUNTRY'S CULTURE AND HISTORY ON ITS POLICE FORCE. SUMMARIES OF GENERAL DISCUSSIONS HELD ON APPROPRIATE POLICE TASKS, POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES, FORCE AND AUTHORITY IN THE POLICE ROLE, AND POLICE REFORM ARE ALSO PROVIDED.