JORDANIAN-SOVIET PLANS FOR PREFABRICATED HOUSING FACTORY

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CREST [1]

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Library of Congress [2]

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LOC-HAK-162-7-4-0

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RIPLIM

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January 11, 2017

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October 31, 2012

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Publication Date:

August 30, 1973

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MEMO

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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/10/31 : LOC-HAK-162-7-4-0 r MEMORANDUM NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL aMrl- (XGDS) 2 ORANDUM- POR: FR CAM SUBJECT: M. TUSSINGER HAROLD H. SAUNDERS WILLIAM B. QUANDT W Housing Factory Jordanian-Soviet Plans for Prefabricated MORI/CDF C05139959 25X1 By idence, AID presently has a team in Jordan looking at housing as an area of possible US involvement. Present plans are to build a sxz~all. number of houses as a pilot project, then develop a $4 million pro- gram for housing in the Jordan Valley. Our housing people are not sure that prefabrication of housing makes sense in Jordan, but if it does we have the technical capability of doing this as well as the possibility of funding such a project through either Development Loans or a special project loan f ro= a Securit Ait ysssance account. Ti' e.issu.e, therefore, is whether you feel we should tell. Hassan and Rifai. that we see this kind of Soviet economic assistance as incompatible with our erests or whether we should. let the Jordanians get what they can from e Societe provided they avoid. large numbers of Soviet technicians. Doing t. fo=xner could increase the pressure on our resources, but housing is a dcate area given its relation to Palestinian refugee. settlement. Recomr-,endation: That you indicate whether you feel we should make an active e . ort to dissuade the Jordanians from accepting the Soviet offer. by providing a- comparable counter offer of our own. Try to dissuade them. (We will ask AID to pursue this.) _ Don't crake y special effort. XGDS-3 DECLAS-ImiDossible to Determine Date. ACTION 4840 -X August 30, 1973 State Dept, USAID and NSS reviews completed (XGDS) BYAUTH-Henry A. Kissinger No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/10/31 : LOC-HAK-162-7-4-0 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/10/31 : LOC-HAK-162-7-4-0 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/10/31 : LOC-HAK-162-7-4-0