August 27, 1973

35 nations are curently engaged in most elaborate and ambitious internatl scientific experiment ever undertaken to seek out causes of hurricanes and tropical ‘heat engines’ that control much of world's weather; project, for which final rehearsal was held early in Aug, will use 25 to 30 research ships during summer of ‘74 stationed in broad band spanning tropical Atlantic and will employ specially instrumented planes, buoys, balloons and Amer and Soviet earth satellites, which will transmit continuous data on region; purpose of latest rehearsal was to insure that data collected by variety of instruments and observing systems can be reduced to common ‘language'; primary goal of project, known as GATE, for GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment, is to explore proposition that great assemblages of tropical thunderheads play critical role in lifting humid, energy‐laden air from sea to be swept to other parts of earth; difficulties encountered during Aug rehearsal described; full experiment of GATE, which is 1st step for GARP, will take place from June 15 to Sept 30, ‘74; goal of GARP, which is long‐term internatl project, is to develop methods of global data acquisition that will enable computers to produce long‐range weather forecasts; GATE is headed by Natl Oceanic and Atmospheric member Dr J P Kuettner and World Meteorological Orgn official Dr Y V Tarbeev; research uses of equipment described; map

Aug 27: UN Sec Gen Waldheim, in annual rept to 28th Gen Assembly, maintains on Aug 26 that Middle East is 1 problem that has not proved soluble by negotiations between parties or by gen improvement in big‐power relations; says that his visit to Middle East to promote peace settlement between Israel and Arab countries will support, not compete with, undertakings of other govts; Waldheim illus

survey of profits earned by US wheat farmers notes that farmers are making so much money that they are trying to avoid higher income‐tax brackets; points out that wheat selling at over $4 a bu has caused several problems for farmers, including run on farm machinery, and thus shortage; notes that high prices have induced farmers to plant more wheat in ‘74, causing price of wheat land to rise; holds that most important effect of trend is fact that steady annual exodus of farm families from Midwest may be stemmed, restoring vitality and community to Great Plains; notes that wheat farmers have taken interest in foreign mkts since US began mass exports of wheat in ‘72; claims that farmers have little sympathy for Amer consumers, asserting that it is about time that Amers started paying ‘reasonable’ prices for their goods; illus; map

Cambodian mil command repts, Aug 26, insurgents have cut both of Phnom Penh's overland supply routes and the lull is apparently over; heavy fighting reptd outside city on and near both Rtes 4 and 5; Mekong River from S Vietnam is only remaining supply link to city; Govt repts major victory at Angkor Chey; heavy fighting reptd around Kompong Cham; Lon Nol assails Prince Sihanouk, refers to Sihanouk int with O Fallaci, radio s; says Cambodia will never be ‘Communized'; map

Pravda, in major article reflecting views of Soviet leadership, charges that People's Repub of China is intent on becoming a new nuclear superpower aiming at domination over Asia; declares that ‘the longings of the Maoists for hegemony are suggested particularly by their activities in Southeast and South Asia, such as their old idea of creating a military‐political grouping of Southeast Asian countries under the aegis of Peking'