January 30, 1965

Election yr strife seen stirred by Govt refusal to permit Gen Weygand funeral in Invalides; decision attributed to de Gaulle hostility to Weygand for advising surrender to Gers in '40

acad source repts over 100 actually cheated on exams; says acad refuses to accept resignations of those who only tolerated cheating; acad repts 28 more resign; total at 93; parents of resigning cadets rept acad threatens to downgrade discharge or refuse to transfer coll credits if cadets discuss case; USAF denies classifying probe; says 'for official use only' is category to protect documents; denies action against cadets discussing case; father of cadet dismissed for failing grades links failure to other cadets cheating; cites acad practice of grading on curve

Rockefeller proposal would raise sales tax in city to 5% and extend tax to new list of items; some would remain unchanged at 4%; state would collect 5%, give 3% back to city; city seen gaining $17 million

Taylor and Nguyen Khanh conf, 1st time since coup; Taylor reptdly made no commitment on US attitude toward new leadership; Nguyen Khanh reptdly informed him Buddhists have agreed to end demonstrations, will support his regime and exile 3 monks; Taylor confs with Nguyen Xuan Oanh; US Embassy officials resume contact with Buddhist leaders; Thich Tri Quang informs them that overthrow of civilian Govt has not satisfied pol ambitions, indicates Buddhists may resume demonstrations; Nguyen Khanh confs with Thich Tri Quang, other Buddhist leaders and RC Abp Nguyen Van Binh

Pres Nasser reptdly intervenes to prevent pub of 2 anti-Amer eds in Cairo newspaper; UAR press and officials shift from talk of doing without US $140-million-a-yr food shipments to backing efforts in US to continue them