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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000100280044-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: June 13, 1963
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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FROM: NEW DELH I
TO: Secretary of State
NO: 4907, JUNE 13.
FOR STATE AND AID.
Control 105
Rec'd: JUNE 1 ~s 1963
9:23 AM
INDIAN EXPRESS JUNE 13 EDITORIAL PAGE'COMMENT RE SECRE APY'S
THAT KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION HAS REJECTED CLAY COMMITTEE'S VIEW''
ON ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS, "HAS COME AT A TIME WHEN
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS UNDERSTANDABLY EXASPERATED OVER THE=:
INORDINATE DELAY I N THE U.S. DECISION ON AID TO BO ~;ARO". ~
REMARKS ON BOKARO AT JUNE 11 FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING
(THESE NOT COVERED I N DELHI PRESS BUT MENTIONED BRIEFLY 1N JUNE
12 ECONOMIC TIMES) REFERS TO PRESIDENT'S "UNUSUALLY FORCEFUL c2 r/V
SUPPORT" FOR US ASSISTANCE TO BOKARO AND WELCOMES "EQUALLY
STRONG SUPPORT" OF SECRETARY WHICH WHILE "NOT QUITE UNEXPECTED",
"DOES SIGNIFY THE EMERGENCE OF A LIBERAL TREND I N US A I D P O L I C I E S " .
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ACCORDING EXPRESS, SECRETARY'S STATEMENT, WHICH "LEFT NO DOUaT
COMMENT CONCLUDES THAT AT THIS STAGE OF DEBATE ON BOKARO "EVEN
SUCH A CATEGORICAL STATEMENT BY SECRETARY NOT ENOUGH;
WHAT IS REQUIRED IS NOT VERBAL SUPPORT BUT IMMEDIATE DECISION"t
EMBASSY WOULD APPRECIATE TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY =S REMARKS I'?E
BOKARO;ASAP.
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