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Aid Programme - Contingency Reserve 1969/70
Mr. Loveridge's circular minute of 12 June asked Geographical Departments dealing with independent countries if they foresaw any claims on the remaining balance of £6.65 million in the contingency reserve of the 1969/70 aid programme.
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2. The situation has now changed radically. addition to the unallocated part of the contingency reserve, the O.D.M. anticipate that there will be, present progress, an underspending of the £205 million aid-ceiling to the extent of some £8-£12 million. The reason for this is that the rate of disbursement has been particularly slow this year; several factors are blamed for this-e.g., civil disturbances, late submission of requests, poor procedures in recipient countries and delays in project implementation.
£1 million
B. In an attempt to bridge the disbursement gap the O.D.M. are proposing to expend the following amounts on new items in this financial year:
Commonwealth Development Corporation World Food Programme £0.65 million Ghana £1 million of programme aid Sierra Leone - £0.25 million
Miscellaneous Africa - minor amounts Indonesia £0.5 million of general purpose aid Pakistan - £0.5 million of general purpose aid Ceylon - £0.5 million of general purpose aid. The O.D.M. are, or will be, consulting relevant Departments in the F.C.O. about their proposals.
4. Even if all the above 0.D.M. proposals are implemented there is still scope for bids from the F.C.O. You will note that all the new items proposed by O.D.M. are
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continuing commitments in future years.
This spare
money is in effect an unexpected bonus for this year bnly and we cannot start on major programmes which would involve us in extended aid commitments on the sole ground that we have spare money in the Aid Programme
this year.
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