Abstract :
The choice of the city of Mexico as the site for the 1948 AIEE summer general meeting, June 21–25, provides not only an opportunity to study at first hand the technical problems and developments of a colorful and storied country, but it offers also a perfect chance for a vacation with a foreign flavor in this famed “land of contrasts.” The city, which has a population of more than two million, is located on a plateau surrounded on all sides by the beautiful mountains bordering the Valley of Mexico, including the snow-capped peaks of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl. Its location in this sheltered valley and its altitude of 7,481 feet above sea level are responsible for an ideal climate, which even in the summer is an invigorating and welcome escape from the heat generally associated with that season.
