203 Feb. 7 and technologists are not sufficiently will qualified to update science materials in Malaya. The school itself was a fine modern structure, as excellent as most I've seen in the U.S. [illegible] Allen commented on the old tin mine dumps near the school, pointing out that in the old days the tailings were put anywhere it was convenient. Now the mining companies are required to restore the landscape. He said the rubber tree is deciduous but it does not loose its leaves for long and the individual trees are not synchronized. Drove to The Selangor Club to meet Mr. Jack E. James of the Asia Foundation and his assistant, Mr. Satter. James has a home in Marin Co., is on the board for the Marin Co. Museum, is much interested in natural history. He was raised on a Kansas farm and told how he early learned the roles involved in use of insecticides - long before Rachel Caron. His father sprayed to get rid of a fly and got a larger one instead. James, in my opinion has a good ecological outlook. He lamented the fact that his neighbor in Marin was landscaping with a bulldozer. In Kuala Lumpur one sees the Islamic influence - there are mosque-towers on many buildings. The fast - "Puasa" (Malay) or "Ramadan" (rest of Muslim world) is