February 23, 1970

Govt, in unusual move, insists on examining all incoming and outgoing diplomatic pouches; move believed intended to forestall an attempt by Communist China, N Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Govt of S Vietnam to introduce large quantities of illegally held or counterfeit Cambodian currency; most Western diplomats, including US Embassy in Pnompenh, instruct their capitals to send no pouches until Mar 7 when inspection measure will be lifted; 3 pouches that have arrived for US Embassy since curb became effective will be returned to Bangkok rather than be submitted to Cambodian inspection; persistent but unconfirmed repts circulating among diplomats say Chinese Embassy is hoarding large quantities of Cambodian currency for eventual use for its pol ends in country; US State Dept silent on curb

NY Times series on rising concern over environmental pollution; 1st article deals with issue's sudden and widespread appeal on coll campuses; some students see issue as lever to topple soc, others hope it will unify nation; trend toward militant action noted; Nixon Adm and business community efforts to convince students of their commitment to environmental reform seen failure; students hope to keep campaign ind of pol

CHARLOTTE, N. C., Feb. 22 —The people of Charlotte and Atlanta like to think of their cities as the most racially pro aressive in the South.

Israel, after Cabinet meeting, appeals to govts, civil airlines and pilots' orgns to end wave of terrorism; Meir reptdly told Cabinet that fact that guerrilla orgn would want to claim credit for disaster shows how far such groups have removed selves from normal behavior; Israeli planes and passengers have been target of terrorism since hijacking of El Al plane to Algeria in July '68; other terrorist incidents recalled; Israeli press reaction is angry

Washington's Birthday is being observed today. Fol lowing is a list of services that are affected: