THE 1968 LOCUST INVASION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 31, 1968
• Content Type: FORM

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RESEARCH ACTIVITY NOTICE
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The 1968 Locust Invasion
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Self-initiated
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
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Warnings from the Desert Locust Information Service have
generated a widespread interest in the 1968 locust season in the
5 June 1968
Middle East, East Africa, and North Africa. Very little informa-
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tion on the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forskall) is avail-
able in readable form. The study outlined below is designed to
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supplement brief notes carried in OCI publications. If a draft is
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completed ASAP, OCI is likely to accept it for the Weekly of June 6
or 13.
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1. Nature of current threat
2. Characteristics of the locust as related to weather and climate
Breeding
Movement
Feeding
3. Traditional trouble spots
4. Cycles of invasion and recession
5. Control measures.
Graphics: Graph of invasions and recessions 1908-1964
Map of distribution
Maps of breeding areas spring, summer, winter
Photos of locusts in action
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