The US-Asia Institute held its 1st Western Regional Conference titled Economic Development.P, held in Los Angeles. Participants included Roger Severance, US Dept of Commerce; Anthony Albrecht, US. Dept of State; Peter Allgeier, US Trade Reps Office; George Moody, President of Security Natnal Bank; and other experts. Elwin Svenson, Vice-Chancellor of UCLA chaired the conference in LA.