In one rich agricultural area in India malaria had been so severe that 104 villages had been totally abandoned. World Health Organization teams. in the space of less than 1 year. succeeded in eliminating infected mosquitoes from the area surrounding these villages. Refugee families came back to the villages to bring back into production lands urgently needed to meet the tremendous food shortages facing India today. The point 4 program would include not only work in the field of health but in the development of natural resources. Tungsten. tin. and deposits of lignite coal adequate to support an important mining industry have existed in Thailand.