COMMENTS ON THE FEP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA, DATED 5 JUNE 58.

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• Document Release Date: November 19, 2001
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• Publication Date: June 13, 1958
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Chief`, ogr4. :hic R,se4rch
po>t.s
13 June 58
v is on the 'Vi'i' Recommendations for Africa "youth of the
Sara, dated 5 June ,58.
A. Every facet of those suggestions inangu tes a change in the
lives of the - ople and teas opens ' andora'a Beer to Rusin
penetration. Any ? 1 balan", growth, eoonorntc deeveelopoent or now
idea is an invitation to Russian Participation. "lann bng to
forestall or comb .,A this must pervade all US artlvity In Africa.
B. Th* following _ce neents are numbered to correspond with the
rec ondationa.
psassib' ee interpret tions of the last sentence make cc-{-went
dif#ault.
d. ry1 atever is int by modernization we do not believe
It is wise in all ca3es to change the present system of
land tenure. For instance in the hot wet tro ies it is not
profitable, without ca.ptt.l for fertilizer, to eultiv~,te
the aaee piece of land for eeane$rl yours.
No cent
A
health 00
or proms
An ,rent discrepancy exists 3:et re n the second and
subsistancee farming vertainl r cogniz eea the right to
shy tnclu~='.ed of the danger of improving
without rlao providing bath control tnfor aaticn
g food for the increasing po ,ulatten.
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b, i sentence should read "- - - for equipping and
Ting modern clinics." Provisioli auld be for the
training of ioca t he lth officers, or svmi-doctors, as is
nor being done in Ethiopia.
.
+ot feel it is iilossible to discuwa eo odit r
problems without irr-plveaee nt in international commodity
ag s or wit scut being 4.ncsansistant with section "a'.
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Next to last sentence of second paragraphs
bore are in error. The establtshtent of the Po
l t+ al Assistance In Africa South of the Sahara
*arty 1958 under OCTA provides financial assista
T i "ion nd 20Mnie4tin 3
No comment
oSveorA ; agraph; The sakin of surveys should be Dust.
ratxer ttn "if they so desire" because this step is basic
to the develc ent of the area.
"Q. zodge
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ii,
a subject last have no significance
author but we feel it aheuld receive the
QUAL
A major o fission of the reco endatic
str&cti. of surveys to the field of geology.
adequate for *con* Ao planning are be-31a to all
enl and should be Initiated at an early, data.
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