February 5, 1973

Internatl Control and Supervision Comm, Feb 5, dispatches 7 regional teams around S Vietnam; Polish and Hungarian delegates to comm had insisted that teams could not operate until Joint Mil Comm got its 7 regional teams into position; mil comm has been bogged down in procedural disputes; control comm Canadian delegate M Gauvin, mil comm Vietcong delegate Lt Gen Tran Van Tra, and N Vietnamese officer Lt Col Bui Din comment on 1 meeting Feb 4 between 2 comms; illus of Vietcong officer and a S Vietnamese paratrooper; illus of Maj Gen G H Woodward and N Vietnamese officers, including Maj Gen Le Quang Hoa

Nixon Adm's Com on Interest and Divds asks 4 banks an Feb 4 to justify prime rate increases, first time such information has been requested from bank under econ controls program; requests econ data used by banks to justify increases, expressing regrets that banks announced new rates and sent copies of its statements to all US commercial banks; Adm's efforts to curb lending rate increases discussed; Franklin Natl repr calls increase 'unavoidable;' First Penna pres J R Bunting Jr comments

Rear Adm B Telem says Haifa Shipyd is building warships for Israeli Navy which are forerunners of next missile boat generation; says 1st vessel will be launched Feb 19; missile boats are 1st built in Israel and are designed after French-built craft impounded in Cherbourg in '67; Telem notes trend is away from shipbldg reliance on foreign countries and foreign aid, noting foreign participation in ships' development and design is minimal; boats reptdly have greater firepower and more advanced electronic firing-control systems, but are slower; cost estimated at $15-million, including weapons systems; craft described; illus

wives of Amer prisoners of war comment on problems they anticipate when husbands return; illus

Jordanian King Hussein is expected to ask for continuation and perhaps expansion of US subsidies to his country when he meets with Pres Nixon on Feb 6; US gave Jordan $50-million in aid and arms during '72; Jordan receives financial aid from Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi but has serious budget problem; was cut off from budget support from Kuwait and Libya since '70 because of its expulsion of Palestinian guerrillas