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Japs on 11 Nov. of 12 Nov. arrival (to avoid
giving demonstrators
time to get set). There
will be some flak, but State and Reischauer
agree Sato is right to tackle this one now rather
than appear to be backing down, thus aaldng for
more flak later.
RWK
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the exercise
called for
by NSAM 298.
Therefore,
no formal
reply is neces
sary at this time.
I suggest,
however,
that we circu
late the draft response
which has been prepared,
so
that it can be available
for study.
hi1 6McGeor
DISTRIBUTION:
Bell, AID
McCone
- the bureaucracy.
Despite your
push and the efiorts of a number of interested experts, concrete
progress has been ~low. Bell has long stressed the importan.ce of
getting on top of the population problem, but now is the time for his
mission directors to step up
- stopped in and abowed his atJ'ong p:reference to
have that group chaired by AID. Bell won. (3) Freeman, under questioning
by Bell, sald he'd handle overall political management.
When Bell queationed
whether Freeman would. have the time for that, given
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no results.
The American companies involved could well be invited
to Washington as a group to review the present unsatisfactory
status,
~nd to seek a solution.
AID loan policies
for this purpose might
well be liberalized.
5. India to expand many times its
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Assistance Program,
Part I - Korea., Aug. 1963,
to me. Sorry to have kept it such a long time.
Harold H. Saunders
July 30, 1964
COM Pf DE?~n.Af:.
OETEAM1NEO
TO B!:: N
AOMINISTRA11Vc
'-1A.~l{!NG
E.O. 12358. SEC.1.1(a}
BY :Tl)V
ON 1/.S-/1£
.July ZI, l«J
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in the country.
At the present time, P.L. 480 wheat in India sells
in retail
throughout the country for approximately 40 paisa per kilo with 50 to 90 paisa for different
varieties
compared
of Indian wheat at different
cities.
•••••
- 7cities.
Thus
- UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT
SUPPORT--BOTH MORAL AND MATERIAL--FROM
MOST IMPORTANT NON-COMMUNIST
COUNTRIES.
WHILE WE LACK PR~CISE INFORMATION ON GOI INTENTIONS REGARDING BASIC
ECONOMIC POLICY CGOI PLANNERS INDEED OBVIOUSLY THEMSELVES STILL
GROP_ING AND BIDING FOR TIME
- Third Plan targets because
US food let them relax.
USDA
says available
plant nutrients
must increase
five times (from 900, 000
MT in 1964-65 to 4. 5 million MT) by 1970-71 if India is to meet food targets.
a. Nitrogen production.
USDA recommended
in June
- rran 1965-66 to 1970-71
29
Production, Imports and Consumption or Potassic
Fertilizers
1950-51 to 1964-65 with Alternative
Projections rrom 1965-66 to 1970-71
JO
to Construct Fertilizer
31
12
Time tequired
13
Annual Fertilizer Consumption per
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a.t very time when US and ROK chould both be trying to engage this other ally
in providing
support to ROK development.
Z. Another poaaibllity
DL to an ROK/Jap
settlement
ia to hingo a substantial
in some credible
manner.
portion ot further
We
- step
forward.
Iranians worked from ao~d economic projections for the
first time. The Shah is still working on the principle of putting
hardware above everything else, but AID feela this is the J'eaurrection
of a useful economic dialogue.
So while
- . President:
I received with much happiness your historic
letter
of August 13, 1965
pictures
of the planet Mars taken
to which were attached the first televised
by the spaceship Mariner Von July 14, 1965.
At this
time I present to Your Excellency
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Attach.
Harriman
US image
memo
to President
ll/19/64 re
Mac-
)
December
12, 1964
C:Ommenta on State of the Union.
This time at least WWR•a
p:roae seems awfully drab--and the clichea tb:ed.
To me ... pa,ochial as I've bocoine--wo need __lot
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THE FOREIGNEXCHANGE
NECESSARY
... IMPORTING
FERTI
LIZERS FROMABROAD
...
FOR 1966-67, UNLESSWETAKEIMMEDIATE
STEPS FOR GETTINGTHESEFERTILIZERS, IT WOULD
NOT BE AVAIL-·
ABLEIN TIME....
FOR THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE,KHARIFSEASON
(OF 1966>.,.THE FINANCEMINISTRYHADALREADY
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together.
Z) Hawaii
in this
case
again
serves
as a bridge
between
the US and the
Orient.
l ) This
is not a one-time
occasion-this telephone
cable will serve
e very day year in and year out as a means of instantaneous
communication
b ringing
- companies involved could well be invited
to ~Jashington as a group to review th,~ present unsatisfactory
status,
AID loan policies
for this purpose might
and to seek a solution.
well be liberalized.
5. India to expand many times its present family planning
- it wou1.• be ... ..._ jut at the time whea atocu
are low .. t Delore th• mt barn•L
..,._,
tb&t. aome ex.pen8 are aow
looJdaa for amalln. cropa __. etocb next year too ltecau• •oil water will
&tea UMi •tocb wUl ae aear bottom. So.-.
be •o low, •ee• wW bave
- this cable and save LBJ's time?
It's
consistent with past handling and still makes
sense as long as we're going to stay out of the
Kurdish business.
HHS
OotiFIBENTlAL
-SECRE~
Mildred
:,.r
April
30, 1965
A. you requested,
I returned
Mr. Vanli's
I had