"We...rented jeep. Today we are taking the jeep down South to the oil fields of Heletz and to the new oil field which was discovered this week. They are going to uncap in the morning & its potential can later be garnered. I think it will be a great thrill to watch.

We will also visit the new port city of Ashkelon, this is the terminus of the Mediterranean of the oil pipeline from Eilat. It is almost complete.

As I mentioned I would, I was down in the Negev today & saw our boundary with Egypt also the new towns & farms all the way south.

I went to the new oil field but couldn't get it but you could see the new well from afar & how they are still trying to cap it.

It was a real pleasure with the jeep stopping wherever you wanted & staying wherever something looked interesting. I saw mines etc. It is a good reason why the Negev is called Israel’s future."