On the surface of things, having just another birthday, will not be a novel experience in any other respect than the fact that I will probably have lived to experience it. The only functionally significant novelty of the occasion, will be located in the historical significance of, not only the most remarkably great issues of current world history which happen to coincide with the current world crisis, but, rather, the exceptional character of the historical responsibilities which have happened to descend upon me, at the age of 88, within this immediate time-frame.

It has happened as I had forecast it would occur within this relatively narrow interval of time. It occurred during the closing business days of that past week, in a time short of four decades, that since August 1971, when matters have now come to today‘s narrow, panic-stricken close. The effect has been, essentially, world-wide.

Since our launching of the working conception of the present form of the NAWAPA project and the principal supporting features required for the implementation of that as an international project of economic recovery launched by our U.S. republic...