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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 - 4 NOV 1969
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The Aid Framework 1970/71
The O.D.M. have revised their calculations and now have £12.4 million available for allocation on further programmes. I attach a copy of a self-explanatory letter from 0.D.M. to the Treasury which shews how this windfall came about and gives proposals for using most of the additional money. Our preliminary comments are as follows:
(i) Afghanistan. The P.U.S. instructed us to go
Could we at for capital aid for Afghanistan. least enter the proviso on the O.D.M. compromise that £100,000 will be available for spending provided the reconnaissance by Middle East Development Division identifies some worthwhile project? The proposal by O.D.M. in its present form is much too indefinite to meet the F.C.O. requirement as agreed by P.U.S.
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