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to the moderate regime in Jordan.
Aid forms a part of
our effort to maintain good relations with other countries
in the area such as Egypt, Yemen Arab Republic and the
United Arab Emirates.
(e) Africa
Our aid policies in Africa have helped us protect our
interests in Southern Africa without sacrificing our
interests elsewhere in the Continent.
In this delicate
balancing exercise it has been in our political interest
to give substantial aid to Malawi, which has been prepared
to support our policies towards Rhodesia and Southern Africa,
whilst in such countries as Zambia and Kenya the provision
of aid may have helped reduce criticism of these policies.
4. Since, as was pointed out above, the essence of using
aid for political purposes is the need to be able to respond
quickly and flexibly to new situations, it is not possible
to make comprehensive recommendations about countries where
aid should be used in this way in future. Nevertheless, on
the basis of developments which can be foreseen, the Committee
felt that there were a number of changes of direction and
emphasis in the aid programme which might be made. These
are as follows :
(a) An extended programme of technical assistance to
Nigeria, and to Iran and the other favourably disposed oil-
producing countries in the Persian Gulf. This would both
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