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Volume #19 - 625.

CHAPTER VII

COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS

PART 3

COLOMBO PLAN

SECTION E

PAKISTAN

SUB-SECTION I

PROJECTS

625.

 PCO

Extract from Cabinet Conclusions

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 [Ottawa], March 12th, 1953

COLOMBO PLAN; CEMENT PLANT FOR PAKISTAN

1. The Prime Minister reported that the Acting Secretary of State for External Affairs had submitted a recommendation that allocation of an additional $500,000 be authorized for the contribution of Canada toward construction of a cement plant in Pakistan under the Colombo Plan. Estimated costs of equipment and services supplied by Canada would exceed the original $5 million.

An explanatory memorandum had been circulated.

(Acting Minister's memorandum, March 10, 1953 -- Cab. Doc. 72-53)?

2. The Cabinet approved the recommendation of the Acting Secretary of State for External Affairs and agreed that allocation be made of $500,000 from the 1952-53 Colombo Plan vote, in addition to the $5 million previously authorized, for the construction of a cement plant in Pakistan.20


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Le document 620./Document 620.


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