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Volume #21 - 251. | ||
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CHAPITRE III RELATIONS AVEC LE COMMONWEALTH | ||
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2E PARTIE PLAN DE COLOMBO | ||
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Note du secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures pour le Cabinet | ||
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CABINET DOCUMENT NO. 138-55 CONFIDENTIAL |
Ottawa,
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COLOMBO PLAN AID TO INDIA FOR LOCUST CONTROL | ||
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The Government of India maintains an active programme to combat the menace to their agriculture which locusts represent. In addition to locust control operations in their own country, the Indian Government last year sent an anti-locust team to the Arabian Peninsula, which constitutes a source of locust incursions into India. The Food and Agriculture Organization considers that the locust control programme in the Arabian Peninsula is extremely important and they have invited countries bordering that region to participate in an international anti-locust campaign, and it is anticipated that future locust control operations in the Arabian Peninsula will be co-ordinated by FAO. India has indicated its willingness to participate in this programme. Because of their limited stock of equipment required for locust control, the Indian Government has requested that Canada should supply vehicles and wireless sets up to the amount of $120,000. The equipment which has been requested would be used partly in India to replace equipment which has already been sent to the Arabian Peninsula and partly to supplement the equipment which has already been used in operations in the latter area. The cost of this project could be financed without involving the allocation of any new funds since an unspent balance of approximately $146,000 remains from the allocation made to India in 1951-52 for the purchase of trucks and equipment for the Bombay State Transport Corporation. Recommendation Canadian officials recommend that trucks and vehicles of specifications to be agreed upon with the Indian authorities should be provided under the Colombo Plan at an estimated cost of $120,000, and that the cost of this project should be financed from the unspent balance of 1951-52 funds earmarked for the Bombay State Transport Project.31 L.B. PEARSON
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