Draft Continuation Sheet
CONFIDENTIAL
or more for which the greatest detail is required.
10.
Issues of development aid will be made quarterly
on the pattern of existing C.D. & W. claims. For
audit purposes a single statement suitably certified
is envisaged listing the projects in existence, the
amounts received from H.M.G. and the total expenditure
incurred on each project. The statement should be
rendered as soon as possible after the end of the
territory's financial year, and in any case no later
than twelve months from that date. Where projects
run into second or subsequent years, the statement
should also indicate total issues and total
expenditures by projects to the end of the period
covered by the statement.
It should bear a
certificate signed by the Financial Secretary to the
effect that British development aid has been applied
only to the purposes for which it was supplied.
11.
I should welcome any comments you may wish to offer
on the proposals outlined here. A further
communication will be sent to you in due course
notifying the final proposals and setting out detailed
accounting arrangements. It is not intended to make
a statement in Parliament until replies to this
despatch are received and I should therefore be glad
to have your reply as soon as possible.
12 It is intended in the course of the next year to
publish a White Paper covering the history of the
C.D. & W. Acts and also in due course a historical
review and assessment of their purpose and the
accomplishments under them. It may be necessary
to seek information from you as a contribution to this.
If so a separate communication will be sent to you.
13 The contents of this despatch should be regarded
as confidential until the Minister of Overseas
Development has announced his intentions.
14 I have etc.
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