The P'wo Karen are as much established within their are areas are the Skaw Karen, and likewise, do not show indications of becoming assimilated by the Thai people. If anything, they tend to be more surrounded by the Thai and the Skaw, yet they are slow to be absorbed by either of them. Intermarriage occurs rarely. in approximately the same ratio of P'wo men marrying Thai women or P'wo women marrying Thai men. Relocation does not seem to be a problem among the P'wo Karen. Their main concern is to keep what Is And the have and try to obtain more arable lands to adjoin this. That can be considered as having, perhaps, more of an establishment in the Hitler regions than the other Karen groups, and it is their desire to live in the valleys rather than to move into the mountains. The number of new Karens immigrating into Thailand each year is difficult to determine. There is, undoubtedly. a continuous trend in this respect, and few, if any, are returning to Burma. While most Karens would understandably sympathize with the political difficulties that their people arc having in Burma, it is also difficult to determine to what extent their actual loyalties extend. The majority of Thailand's Karens do not appear to have much interest in the political picture. since their homes and villages are more important to them than anything else