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' VOL. X NO. 44 , THURSDAY,: MAY 13, 1971 (SAUR '23, 1350 S.H.) TRICE AE 4

Royal ;AAAAmAi-;MAA- audience HOUSE COMM ITTE E W W'tllflp f f)Mi4f A . KABUL, .May 13, (Bakhtar). ' The followipg were received , in audience by His Majesty the1 PROBES COMPLAINTS King during the week that end- ed today according to a Royal ; r 1 Protocol Department announce- I E I Iff If ment: ; ; , ON M EDI C N PR C ES Agriculture and Irrigation M- inister Abdul Hakim, Public KABUL, May 13, (Bakhtar) cussecL fuit packing, and cu lpllff Works Eng. Minister Mohammad ... The Commandant of Police and toms charges on exported - fruits Yakoub Lali, Supreme Security Forces Col. Abdul Hakim Court in Kandahar. The Committee Justice Dr. Walid Hoqoqi, Af- Katawazi , ; the meeting attended members said the wfcole pack, the ghan Ambassador to Rome Dr. of the House of the People Com- fruit and the packing is weighed Abdul Zaher, the Afghan Am- mittee on National Defence and and custom duty levied on it. bassador to Cairo Mohammad Mo-u- sa answered the questions of the Thus the exporters pay the samS Shafiq, Afghan on which Ambassador deputies extra time customs duty on fruit and pack- ' - to " Mohammad Hassan me of the conscripts in police ing they said. ' Safi, Secretary and security put y the General of services have After a series of discussions the Afghan Red Crescent Society up, and the delaying of their the Committee resolved that the Dr. Abdul Samad Hamed, , ., if the discharging. President of Customs Depart- Deputy Interior Minister Aziz The meeting of the Committee ment in theFinance Ministry tafil Mohammad Alekozai, --Badghis 9 to 12 noon, ' continued from a.m. attend its next meeting to th- Eb-rahi- Governor Mohammad Gul m and taking of the final decision row light on; customs procedure, ' KheL the President pf the on jthe issue under study was and how this discrepancy arises. Mines, and Geology Department ; postponed for. the next meeting. ' The Committe also discussed .- I in the Ministry of Mines and In-- ; The .. committee also fixed a' the regulations governing levy- j. -J. '" i dustries Eng. ;' Mir Mohammad ., . ;i;Aiu-- i ,;-(- date; Wednesday, Saur,. 29, ing and , ,;.u..i cA.-- Sr.'.t next collection of land tax. Hashem Mirzad, the Presid-- ' hear a special .government ap- decided Mahmoud Bulgarian and to It was that the problem AAA President Sultan Ghazi and the envoy signing the air accord. ent of the Afghan Transit Com-- pointed TOmmittee which is to be further deliberated on the in pany Mohammad Sharif.. a't . offer explanations, to the committee future sessions, .tf, .v t ' ion the conscription of 22 meeting: 9.30 Parliamentary The started at in ,, -. v ' niMIIUIIIdlWMfi WHIUUIIU Jf U Til to 44 year olds. '.'.. the morning and continued until The Committee consists of 12 noon. The House Committee on committee meets Chief of Staff Gen. Ghulam Fa-rou- k. Legal and ' Legislative ' Affairs a,r transportation agreement the Deputy; Interior Mi- - yesterday discussed articles 20 opo for ' ; nister, the Deputy r Agriculture and 21 of the law oh judicial KABUL. May 13, (Bakhtalr).- -- KABUL, May 13, (Bakhtar).. .The Royal Government of Afgha '(.-- ,; - """A:. and Irrigation Minister the Co- authority and organisation, and .The Joint Parliamentary Com- - nistan signed an air transportation agreement with Bulgaria yes Se- mentailf patients mmandant of the Police and decided on certain . alternations mitteee met yesterday under the terday at uie. Afghan Air Authority building. ,.' curity Forces, the President of the in them. , chairmanship of Laghman Deputy The agreement was signed for the Afghan Air Authority and KABUL, May 13, (Bakhtar). ' ' ' Census Department in the Inte- : : Abdul Karim Omarkhel. Thir- - by , the President of Tourism Sardar Sultan Mahmoud The drafting of charter for, the rior Ministry, President of the The committee on Municipal teen members were present - in .Ghazi, and for Bulgaria by the proposed House for the mentally ' Nangarhar Development Autho- and Home Ministry Affairs dis-- the meeting, 'Ambassador of the' People's Re- imbalanced people was discussed rity.- cussed a series of issues on its Committee secretary asked the Gazette publishes public of Bulgaria, to .'Afghanis- at a meeting in the Interior. Mi- The House Committee, on Bud- agenda, and eft taking u decision special subcommittee appointed to tan Ivan Hritsov Karazanov, nistry yesterday. .'A'' getary dis--. and Financial Affairs i n Continued on page 4) prepare a chart of constituencies After the initialling of the The meeting was attended by which goes with th& election law Standards Bureau agreement Sardar Sultan Mah- representatives from the Minis- to submit its draft for discussion. moud Ghazi said- it is a matter tries of Justice, Public Health, Senate takes up charter of As the draft was hot prepared of pleasure to see that the last se- Information and Culture, and yet the secretary asked the Com- veral days of negotiations whjch the Afghan Red Crescent Society, mittee members to decide from regulations were carried put in an atmosph- the Kabul University and Health Industrial Development Bank other topics on the agenda which ere of good will and understand- Institute. KABUL, Mav 13. (Bakhtar) people had proposed. one ought to be given top prio- ing terminated in the conclusion 13, -The ' KABUL, May (Bakhtar) The Senate met yesterday When the arti- ' - A of an transportation f agree- with the draft of third rity' Official Gazette has published air 36 of its members present under cle of the government and House As a result of a voting the ment between Afghanistan and ( the text of regulations governing Home Briefs the chairmanship of Senate Pre- of the People was read, after so- working hours, and seasons of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. the functions of the Afghan Bu- ASAD ABAD, May 13, (Bakh- sident Abdul Hadi Dawi. Deputy me deliberations on clause one the Parliament which is subject This he said is another step in the reau of Standards. A team of engineers from Secretary Senator Mohammad of it. was proposed, controversy between two direction .' of further consoli tar). the "article to the Afghanistan Electricity Ins Ebrahim Uruzgani read out to-th- approved by majority houses was conside- The regulations have been dr dation of friendly ties, and expan- - the and vote taken under to purvey senators the first article of that the government's authorised ration. afted by the Commerce Ministry, sjon 0f trade relations. titute arrived here - Abad from the viewpoint Industrial Bank charter as pro- representative should attend the After a series of deliberations in cooperation- - with the Legisla- RnrHnt- Riiltn Mnhmoiid Gh Aui .f construction of a hydroelecV posed by the government, and Senate meeting and offer clarifi- it was approved by eight against tion Department of the Justice expressed the hope that the Ar- - the first article to the charter as cation on the matter. No date was four votes that $he present work- Ministry, and with the) approval iana Afghan Airlines, and the 1 it, I'i ail, - ' The team af- drafted by the House of the Peo-- : however fixed. ' ing hours and seasons which is of the cabinet, and the initialling National Airlines of Bulgaria started its work a meeting Kunar Gov- pie. The Senate Committee Le approved by the Senate should 6f His Majesty the King becomes will soon be able to commence ter with on ernor Mohamad Sharif. gal and legislative Affairs has be endorsed operative with its publication transportation of cargo and pas- After a series of discussion the already completed delibera- The convenes from in the Official Gazette. -- sengers between Sofia and Kabul. its Parliament ' KABUL, May 13, (Bakhtar)'. government draft was approved tion on the In- 22 to Kaus 22, and from The Bureau of Standards 'was In reply the' Ambassador of charter for the Mizan The Ambassador of Saudi Ara- by majority vote. The second ar- dustrial Banks app- 22 to Asad 22. i established last year in" the tra-- l.thePeople's Republic of Bulgar- and it has Hoot Its recesses Ha-mo- -. bia to the court of Kabul ud ticle of the Charter was approv- roved the Kaus 22 Hoot 22, and mework of the; Commerce Minis- ia Kabul, and the President charter as amended by are from to to Zayed yesterday morn-- ed in the way: the house of the the House of the People. om.Asad 22 to Mizan 22 try to endeavour to enforce pro- of the visiting civil aviation de al ff 1U JU P8 a duction, packing, and marketting legation from Bulgaria thanked . in iareweii call norms compatible with interna- Sardar Sultan Mahmoud Ghazi on ne resident or me House Kabul University new Senate meets tional standards in regajrdi to for his remarks and said the sig- of the feopie url Mohammad Afghan "products and commodi- -' ning of this agreement will cut Omar Wardak iri his office. . ties. short distance between Af- Earlier in the morning Amba- KABUL, May 13, the (Bakhtar). The newly elected .Kabul University Faculty Senate' held Its The Bureau of Standards con- ghanistan and Bulgaria, will ssador Zayed, whose term of of-- session yesterday. and first The session was preside dover by Prof. Say ed Abdul Kader Baha, the sists of central administration, to expansion of econo- fice, is completed in Afghanistan, Kabul University. contribute President of the high committee, and the br- and trade ties bet- paid farewell call on the Pre- In a speech importance mic, cultural on the cultySenate holds meetings onceof Students in the University Dr. anches that will be established ween "our two nations." sident of the Senate Abdul HadiV of the ppsition of the University a month. ' Zia Mohammad Fedayee. Dr. for exercising of various duties Dawi. . , Senate in handling of the Uni It also holds , extraordinary Mohammad Akhtar Khoshbin in the future. The Bureau will versity auairs, toi. nana ex- - meetings at the request of the Dr. Kefamuddin Kakar, Dr. Mo study production standards and pressed -, his satisfaction and ap- University President, who 1c nls hammad Kasem Younuszada, Dr. quality of Afghan goods pro- preciation end Carpet Exporters Guild with the services ren- - president of the Senate, or 10 of Mohamacj Yousuf Homa, Dr. Mo- ducts, and for qua- by work better dered the preceding university the Senate members. hammad Omar Azami, Moham- lity, and improved standards, a Senate . 41 : members, mad Nabi Salehi, Dr. Mohammad source of the Commerce Ministry holds general annual meet The President of the Kabul Un- The duties of Mohaiud-di- n the Senate inclu- Kasem Fazeli, Ghulam said. KABUL, May 13, (Bakhtar). The general annual meeting iversity is usually the president de study Of the policies of the Dari, Eng. Abdul Kayoum The Bureau will guide expor. of , the Carpet Exporters Guild was held yesterday and Executive of the University Senate well. University, Uni- as election of the Wardak, Dr. Sayed Mohamad fers and producers to achieving President Haji Khudal Nazar presented a report on operations Members of the Senate, as Mel-gar- i, versity President, appointment Hussaini, Fakir Mohammad standard international norm in guild and a statement of its accounts. unced by Kabul University publi- and of the dismissal of University tea- Mir Hussain Shah, Habib-ulla-h their operations and businesses. cations office, are: ching cadre, ascertaining of aca- The Bureau also issue Tege, Ghulam Mohammad will certi At the meeting which was at- vices of the Guild , during the demic of the Faculty mem- Wafi-ulla- ranks Neyazi, Mohammad Kabir, h ficates of exportability for prima- tended by Commerce Minister Dr. past year. University Vice President, De--. bers, establishment, expansion, Popal, Najiba ry goods'. ans Samii, Alia and industrial Mohammad Akbar Omar, carpet Haji Khudai Nazare was reel- of Various colleges, two facul- dismantling, merging, affilia- : and Rashidi, Rajab Ali Karimi, Mo- The Bureau is also responsi- producers, traders, and exporters, ected unanimously as presi- ty members -- from each college, organising the tions, of social and hammad Taher Aiaz, Mohammad ble for establishment and main- representatives of various banks dent, and the Vice to on-the- v President ot elected serve, Senate cultural activities of the student Zarif Salem, Ahmad taining of relations by colleagues Dr. Sher with similar and credit institutions and other the Pashtany Tejaraty Bank their iu the college, body and the like. Fazli, iVar Mohammad bureaus in countries with and Nouri, Dr. which concerned persons. In accordance Abdul Rauf as secretary to the one professor, one associate The members serve for a per- Zabih-ulla- Mohammad Yousuf Ayubi, h Afghanistan has business and tra- with Article 13 o the Girildb Guild. professor, and one instructor to iod of one year on the senate. represent Eltezam, Dr. Mohammad de relations, the source said. Charter 22 new members were the faculty at large. Members of the current year un- Kanda-har- In a speech Commerce Nairn Ashrafi, Abdul Ali l, elected to serve on the Guild's Minister The University Senate is elec- iversity ; Dr. Omar Senate are: j ; Mohammad ' Azim Zaher, KABUL, May 13, (Bakhtar).-Moham-mad praised the role of ted under' the provisions Board of Directors. of Arti- ' Kabul University President Mohammad Amir Kaifi, Mir Sh-- Mosa Shafiq the the Guild which promotes good cle Three of the regulations gov- Sayed will Prof. Abdul Kader Sa- - ar-riv- and cooperation between Baha. arafuddin Ansari, Mohammad Afghan Ambassador to Cairo The A the erning administration of univer- University Vice President of members come from producers and Ac- a- deq Seddiqi, Dr. Sherzad Yakou by air in Kabul yesterday. the producers, exporters, exporters. He hop- sities. It performs duties prescri- . and the oemic Aiiairs Mir Amanuddin bl, Dr. Ghulam Sediq 'Mohetfl, The Afghan Ambassador to ed that sue! institutions be es- bed in Article 5, 6, 7, 10 Presid--.D- interested banks, and represent- and of Ansari, University Vice r. Mohammad Said Afghani, Delhi tablished in other areas regulations. Dr. Abdul Hakim Tabibi atives of the Commerce Minist- as welL the . ent for Sul-Sha- so Administrative Affairs Dr and Dr, Mohammad Anwar h also came to Kabul that Afghanistan's commerce Fa- - yesterday for ry. The general meeting expres- Ordinarily the University Mohamad Alekozai, Dean - - and industries may tani. a private visit. . . benefit from sed its appreciation over the ser them. f 13, 1971 PAGE 2 THE KABUL TIMES MAY Monetary crisis: iiFood For Thought ' Value of American dollar vs. gold . girl who ' '" was a little Italy-T- co- Bologna conference, ;; There BOLOGNA, he humo- not pay up, Our gold reserves - s this year's urist, Robert Benchley, once did ver only a small fraction of our Rueff made a startling had' a little curl right in the mid-- j past a piece explaining the world's dollar debts, i , ent; The time he said,, is monetary system. Benchley ago those who we- - ' when the world's monetary prob--: and when ' said A few years die of her forehead that when you see finance minis- re longing for a return to the lems can be solved by devaluing ters and flocking, gold standard made us a proposi- the dollar. very, very central bankers she was good she was from capital to capital, running tion. This suggested that what "Now", saicLBueff, "after the -- up and down stairs of foreign we ought to do is devalue the immense development of the Eu- -' m bad she - good, but when she was no longer, i offices and international banks, dollar that is, double the price rodollar market,' this is and pausing to issue reassuring of gold, pay off our dollar ob- possible", was horrid. 1967 statements, you had better . hide ligations, and still have left en Just few years ago in under- - the bed. - ough gold for table stakes in the the total dollar liabilities of THE KABULTIMES Henry Wadaworth Longfellow j Dunne the last week the cen .ongoing international money, the united states to European tral bankers flocked to Basel and game. But we would have to banks, governmental and private except Afghan pu- Published every day Friday and ran up and down stairs. Reass- promise-(Hur- imm ow on ; we totalled jBy the end -- blic holidays by the Kabul Times Publishing Agency uring statements are being issued. wuldtfk our accounts in gold of 1SG9. American dollar. ;liabili-n- ot The economists who assembled 4n 'dollars. "No --more TOTTs. ties to European 'banks had tHm- - in Bologna are now more con The most important champion bed to $46 billion although ow--.. Improving productionperforaamid stcndcrra vinced than ever that something of,.lhis. .proposal was Rrof.v Jac- -. ing to .the multiplying of dollars is seriously wrong with the in- que "Suet, isconomic adviser'' to in the Eurodollar market'3 Europ-- :' ' With the promulgation of the regulations monetary system. de Gaulle chancel- - ean 3baiiks claimed nwe dollar pro- ternational General and governing the activities of the Afghan Bureau nan Bureau of Standards to work with the The first thing that wrong lor of the Institute of France. ussets than we recognised as Afghan is of Standards, the Commerce Ministry has now ducers, processors, and forwardeera ef is '.the United States, balance of But in the last moments of (Continued on page 4)t j clear cut guidelines for working toward achiev- export commodities to achieve higher standards payments. Last year, the U.S. ran. ing better standards for Afghan export com- of performance and production in every sphere, an official reserves deficit of $10 biggest history. modities, be they primary, semi-finishe- d, or Mostly the people who are engaged in these billions, the in its qualified has ' goods. pursuits in Afghanistan are net Jiigfcly The Nixon administration finished ' - exhibited what the French ;call The Afghan foreign trade has suffered ex- due to lack of training., Cowever reason guidance, chilled blood over this record tensively in past due to unscrupulous work there is no that with close i r A 1 Tit ' . . : the p cf producers, processors, and exporters. and proper aupervision. their gtadarrf f i 7lX the 9 t T t . J - J The experience of the Afghan Karakul ins- rations cwua sm. ve unproved. , payments aehcil would shrink or mew regula- titute, a non-prof- it organisation which oversees With the enforcement the to perhaps $5 billion cstab--lishe- the collection, processing and packing and de- tions it is also certain that the oewly d The bad news at the moment, Afghan karakul pelts, shows that by department for promotion f exports however, is that the U.S. deficit livery of year maintaining higher standards not only the mar- will be able to tender better service, and that in the first quarter of this kets can be held, but also new markets found, the Department of Foreign Trade in the Com- merce Ministry, which is in, charge of conclud- by itself. and higher prices gained for the same com- did in " agreements part- Yet this news not result modity. .... - ing trade with Afghanistan's position to oegotiate wore panic or a massive run on the ners will be In a dollar. In effect, the U.S.' Gov- - monfidftrtly. Although last year Afghanistan exported N ernment has closed the gold win- fewer karakul pelts, the proceeds of ara-k- ul Unless the quality f the Afghan goods dow not onlv to Drivfate snecu-- sales abroad were higher than that 'the that are ffemd 4 ithe international markets lators abroad but ako to foreign tl Pro-motio- preceding year. This was a direct result of im- are improved it is unlikely that the Export n Governments, for' all practical proved quality of the product offered to the Department will .be able to lay a hand purposes. '. Foreign To be sure, national Govern- market. r ... on new and larger markets, or that the ag--'. ments still . have the right to .carpet . Trade Department will be able to conclude The present laxity of the Afghan, gold dollars. fact ceemnta .will ibeaiaove advauUgeous 6 demand for their markets is directly Attributable to the hat that t American officials Jiave never designs, Afghanistan...... ,j , no standards are enforced as regards sl id they "Woult refuse to give use of raw materials such as wool and colours, .1, vTOdteiweooratulaieiheSto gold to foreign official dollar hol- cleaning, and transportation When one of a merce for taking the initiative to establish the ders who demand it.. thousand pieces of carpet is found to he faulty Afghan Bureau of Standards we express the This position was reiterated by objective in workmanship the whole Afghan carpet mar- i hope that the Bureau will achieve the former Secretary of the Treasury ket is affected. .. it Is meant to achieve. ,,,.;' h David M. Kennedy at the Inter- national! Monetary Fund meeting in Copenhagen last September. Indeed the U.S.. has been drib- bling out a little gold to the Bel- IPircisoq -- hrj&3 gian, fDutch, and Swiss Govern- mtoME act ments. Yesterday's Heywad carried an editorial on chemical fertili- cultural commodities need to Im- .But this is peanuts-an- the ' the - - port TdieTrncal fertiliser for- the is if great nations V editorial entitled "The Democra- ser plant in .Marar. With the fact that the i ... tic System and Understanding completion of the Chemical Fer promotion of agriculture. "The collectively were to ask for gold completion plant will a exchange dollars they . is advantage theiei light omittracttoBS fcaupen .between the Three Organs 'of tiliser Plant in Mazar a funda-- of the to in for the "This the of If Jl need hojding, Washington could forget your, key." ;' . the State". It said: In stress- mental step would have toeen 4a- - Breat extent eliminate , the are lo - importance of judiciary ken towards promotion of aa- - OT sucn impors. ing the the '' 1 A'-- ' . . t I,'' i. t1: i '. '.'iK ;. '. "i to a group of provincial judges riculture and increasing agricul The same issue of the paper i w

also em- production com-plaini- His Majesty .the King tural m the country, carried aietter to the editor ng phasised the need for cooperation it aaid. This in turn will greatly ithat buses running bet-- , Japan to help USSR develop Siberia and understanding 'between the help the strengthening of our ween Rahul and Cbarikar charge three organs of the state in a national economy and improving excessive fares. As far as I xnowj The proposals for strengthening By J.M. Telang also received orders for bulldoz- democratic system. the liuing standards of the far- said the writer, the fare should the economic ties between Japan ers, -- presses, power ' shovels etc. His Majesty the King in his mers which constitute 85 percent be only Afs. 10 where as some and the Soviet Union, now under pattern 'as .last year for whichx Apart' from the timber indust- ' speech on various occasion such of our population. buses charge afs. 20. The Traffib discussion, involve large-scal- e final figures are now available, ry ;in which big Japanese Comp opening ses- Afghanistan having agricul- - 1969-7- Mitsubishi, as the of Parliament an Department may please . look- Into exploitation of the vast mineral Japanese exports in 0 com- anies like Mitsui and sions end the inauguration of tural economy and most of our this problem, said the letter. The and forest resources of the mari- prised textiles (31 per cent), che- Marubeni are involved in some the Supreme Court has always exports are agricultural commodi- paper also carried an article by time "region of Siberia. ' micals 12 per cent), iron s:d form or other, a major project of emphasised the importance of ties need to import chemical fer- Abdul Latif flhams on the foreign While the ' Soviet Union needs steel f 16 per cent), machinery industrial , collaboration which i3 each organ as also cooperation tiliser for the promotion of agri-- loans problems of "Turkey. Japanese capital and 'equipment and equipment (32 per cent). The new under way 'between .the 1W and understanding between them. for .the development of its lTar biggest item of Japanese imports countries is the development of Wrangel In a society where the monarch Eastern provinces, Japan's inte- from the Soviet "Union was tim- harbour on the . Soviet has been accepted as national lea- rest lies in securing access to new ber in various forms. It accounted coast.' der is the duty of every one sources of raw materials for its. for 41 "per cent of the imparls, The Japanese party to tRe con- it : will supply equ- to abide by his wishes and the j fast growing . industries. Japan, pig iron for 25 per cent, cokin tract for this path he choses for the nation to I which is now struggling to mini- - coal for 9 per cent and crude oil ipment worth "$80 million while - lUriion follow. j mise the effect of protectionist for.? per cent. In the seventies the Soviet is investing ab- S300 million, Power was separated in the .th- Asahi ShimbuD. one of the lea- - closed door discussions fcolfl ot measures on its exports to the coking coal imports will registc out in the consyue--tio-n U.S.. is also Jteen to .diversity. sharper, othe; af fhe harbour related ' ree branches of the state at the ding dailies in Japan, apologis- - . the Supreme Court on March 17. a increase, thun , iand - .idevalopmerttiof explicit wish of His Majesty the ed to the Supreme Court on Ap 24 .and 31 over reappointment Of its trade rela1", utoms. j : v- - the area. The id?a de- is to develop Wrangel to enable King. This was essential for ril 27 for its articles and those judges.. Although the present phase of Jupan sees to be poised ma- to it to handle .ten' million tons of mocracy. The separation of power, n Shukan Asahi weekly concern- After the third session, the negotiations between Soviet eco- ke the most of the faster pace of does coal and increasing quantities of however, not mean that ing the court's decision to court refused to reappoint Miya- nomic agencies on the one hand So-'vie- t refuse economic (development in the lumber and chips for powers should Ya-sua- the paper these work at to reappoint assistant Judge' kl moto of the Kumamoto District and the Japanese government and maritime provinces in tho ' purposes. In fact the area Miyamoto. industry. ' ' cross Court and. a member of the contro private .companies on the other is eajrt. But it is not ignoring-th- e of activity of all the three po- The development of pulpwood The court accepted the apology. versial Association of the Young marked by hard bargaining, it is market potential for consumer no-o- ' and industrial chips is in fact ce- wers overlap at some place or It had asked Tomoo Hirooka, Jurists, often charged as being clear that both sides envisage even ih of the cities the ntred on a third Japanese-Sovie- and hence, un- Marxist-oriente- anti-gove- anging t other the need for president oi the newspapec,.April d and rn economic collaboration Soviet interior. A Japanese car derstanding cooperation bet- collaboration project now oeing and 14 to DMlogize and retact arti- ment. j which will change the face of the show is proposed to be held in ween them. negotiated. The idea is to deve- cles in the April 13 evening edi- t Soviet Far East in ten to fifteen Moscow and presumably in oth- lop Afghan Constitution has and import cubic, The . tion and in the April 23 issue of The court refused to give any years. This in turn is bound to er cities later. this. year. metres of wood chips and pulp-woo-d made the government responsible lAgohi ) have an important bearing on Shukan weekly because reason for the decision. . Japanese industry is also be- fromTthe before At ' political - pulls count- Soviet Far East the Parliament. the they were .groundless. In the articles, the newspaper various and nefitting from Soviet demands for in years. er-pulls ten The agreement on same time the government's res- In expressing its regret to the gave what it said were proced-ing- s in .northeast Asia. machine-tool- s and equipment of 4970-7- Soviet-Japanes- this is certain to be reached ponsibilities and obligations Shi-mb- un 1, e tra- are court over tb articles, Asahi at the secret sessions and In a vide range as plans for the soon. such that it cannot possibly meet admitted that the stories alleged that Miyamoto was dis- de wag of the order of $820 mil- development of the landmnss vast From the long-ter- m point them without full cooperation and in question were groundless and qualified his lion; this was more than double of Siberia headway. of for connection with make view a more ambitious proposal support from the other two organs that the expressions used in them another case in which a the 18G5 figure. Tokyo expects lo in January one of Ja- member last the relates to the development of new of the state. were improper. of JSeihokyo and a tenior, judge increase its exports by 15 per pan's- industrial giants, Mitsubi- coal minefields Yaqut.-an- d Yesterday's Islah carried cent and imports by 10 per cunt in south an The two articles dealt with the were invowd. ' i shi H?ovy Industry, got a cont- of natural gas a year. This will tia-d- e reserves of increase the ract for. the export of about 12 Okha ""'""H 'l"""lMIMIHIIIIHIIPHII(ni1IMIIMHHMIIIIIII.l1HI1llimilllllllllltmilllHHHIHiM.HilHllM,.llllllH1IIIIM IIIIMMMIIUMIHIUlllllllll, district on the northp-- n between the two countries to million dollars worth " of multiple tip of Sakhalin. After a joint ADS. 3. KhaUl. Editor-in-Chi- ef fivebiflion dollars between Ml spindle automatic lathes. This i? 1JATEJ3 '1975 research mission, sponsored by Tel: 24047 and about twice as much as stated to be one of the biggest Classified: 150 per insertion in the past years. five major stetl makers of Japan five machine-too- l deals between the visited Residence: 42368 By large two-wa- y tra- southern Yakut, its rich and the Soviet Union ist Display: Column inch, At 100 rand a coai deposits were ffic is expscted to be of the same country. Japanese confirmed. Shafie Rahel, Editor firms have (Continued on page 4) subscription rates moo net) up at hOUUIfR0Nl rlTUO&OCkSM J J Yearly 1000 wh wot ?m u.cu..tt)eu'M(wt TQdoatftn Af. HAPPENED 7H006HT TOO BtfKfcS 60NEF0RA Tel: 23821 . IWl this imt...r wf HAOFouuo Half Yearly Af. 600 , fou hap gone $arrH FROM HOME, m. 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Provincial ORIGINS OF iVFGH AN 1 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Afghan diary Press ' ' By Mohammad Reshad Sekandarl ols in Afghanistan, showing" a" 1771 schools in (Which 347,801 stu- ment plan of education has been By Nokt Cheen By A Staff . Writer 14.1 cent annual increase, dents studied, in 1344 were prepared in a way (translated from lirfan monthly per ' there such that on. The daily JFaryab in an magazine) 523S301 tutkte wo. en-- 2,099 schools in .which 406,91b st- the (hand popularisation of A physician hai been sentenced J : . 1 J i we iai ne ueve-lopm-j ent showing a 21.2 per cent udents wene enrolled in 1345, education and develop- discusses euucauunai With the implementation of the rolled, and primary to three years imprisonment by programme now being there were students thr o- of secondary, first "Five Year Development Plan increase. .286 ment vocational and the Kabul Court for malpractice carried out ia the country. The Although the first plan eimeel ughout (Afghanistan in which training proportion responsi- of Afghanistan, education deve- higher in to and manipulation of his paper refers . to the Education developing du- - 422,585 , accelerated. Be- at th. "primary students were enrolled. the needs of the country and bilities in the performance of lopment pace was - t Ministry plans lor the next twel- so that- future h ifiher If we compare expansion of possibilities of official fore the execution of ihe Plan cation in the within technical, his duties. .Which en ve months envisages esta- education development could education during, and .: doc-- ' was commenced there were 806 the first soientific and financial means is According to the case, the blishment of "50 .highschools. made possible, also 'em-- second five year 'development pl- maintained, tor schools in the country which h while on the other, to the official Emphasising the aieed ior the ' braced education deveiouinent at ans with the p receding forty development duca-- a man, who was ap-- had 126.C92 students.' Out or of cument that DODularisation of education in a levels. ',. years of edu- parently strangled by this, there were 111,000 students all inception of modern tion and improvement of the qu to death developing country like Afghanis- Students enrollment during the cation the country, se- his had died f enrolled in the primary schools. In we notice ality of 'education is being assassins, rom na tan where illiteracy is consider-- first five year development plan that education in Afghanistan, has cured. ' tural causes. i.i ... t i Only five per cent of the stud- awy we .paper expresses in .oompariin 4o- - the. preceding expanded The relatives of the diceased jugn, ents eligible to go to schools were during these ten years Expansion of primary' educa- pleasure the in periods was"xeniarlcaHle. In the be- person in ad- - bver fact that the thus enrolled. ' ; more than the four decades tion with the specific aim of petitioned the local lust years achie education itbe average of prov- several marked The first five year .development primary fore that. The following figures popularising it throughout Af- ministration in 'one the vements have made in deve- was 12 per vent. been plan aimed at an 'unparallel de- annual increase show the rise and expansion of ghanistan iuis been one of the inces of Afghanistan, and the loping education country. Secondary education 'development ' body was exhumed in the velopment of. education. Since education in Afghanistan. main objectives of the third five dead from : Many have rose, by 21 .per during this ns grave. A primary schools the primary goal of the plan was cent' During the pre-pla- period year plan. Cut statistics show the reexamination in - been upgraded to .Middle achools period. the presence of a committee of the enlightenment of the public ' the increase was 7.7, of the pri- that the secondary and ." higher ' education develop- and to high schools and, ery and 'development of the talents The primary mary education. During the first education in Afghanistan has officials and doctors showed that year hundreds of new primary ment had two positive effects:- - it 13 the man nad actually been killed. of the masses, the Education Mi- - plan it was per , cent, during proportionately and more than literacy .aad provided " do- and village schools are being es- took on hand'.plans for an increased the second plan 13.3 per cent and predictions of the plan itself, has A case was made against the in every; corner of the the ground for the development 13.2 ctor and he was found guilty of tablished ii unprecedented development of the average was per cent. developed, while primary educa- "; secondary vocational schools as country, asserts the paper. education at the primary level. of In the secondary education tion has lagged behind. negligence. to-o- pe in- well as higher education. In order with the At the jame tint? fruitful changes field, the increase in the pre- The doctor, in his defence told ; year deve-- , Analysis of the statistics av creasing number of schools, "the .which accorded with the require- In the second five plans period was 18.8 p. while the Court he was, at the time of lopment plan, while empha- ailable show that the present im- - Ministry has also undertaken pl- ments of the - time and which the during the first five year plan the examination of the body un ans to up teachers' training sis on the development of prima-- , balance will further increase year der the influence of drugs (prob-b- y set v were 'results of new scientific st- it was 22 per cent, during the ry education, was maintained, mo- year, .main reason being the schools to staff (the newly estab- udies, were adopted. second plan 26 per cent and the abiy alcohol) and did not know the de- lished schools as well as overco- Afghanistan, at the Vime the re attention waB paid to averageexpansion during the two nuncompauoiuiy tu oeveiopmeni what he was testifying, velopment secondury .scho- with goals of. plan. very - ming the shortage "trf "teachers fiBst being' of the plan periods was 23 per cent. the the While the case is inter- plan was prepared, had - ols development- and vocational , Expansion of primary education now being felt, says the paper." 27 high schools and middle scho- The rate of increase in the high esting, and at the same time. page training. This is how we notice ., the third five year plan brines to the fore ca- The same paper in its ols. schools during pre-plan- s, pe- ait. it the ' year social and the was estimated to be seven per" captioned 'Family' has publish- ,, In the first year of the plai in the second iive riod was 7.5, during the first ref reeness of some, physicians in economic .development plan a . cent annually. .But this growth quick ju- ed an article in which mothers plan 19 pet cent, during the se-- the country in passing ; 0336, or' 1957) there we're 85 gradual change from it he. general in 1345 (1966) and 1346 was ' are advised to refrain from giv- - five year development plan ten dgements. schools, showing a 5.7 per cent .infrastru?lure projects to short cond per cent while the next ithree Souornl mhvsipinns hnvo hpen ing medicine to children without 27 per while average of in annual increase, in which 141,536 term projects. During this period, cent the years of B347,: 1348 physicians prescription. development during the two five .and writing KMmtnftdictary; opin students were enrolled, showing in the education development (1967-7- 0) was 5.4. The writer says that a while year plans was 22 per cent. it ions on patients they examine. a 12.3 per cent increase. . The following figures show ago a friend's child got sick and plan we find mare emphasis on The of development of For instance, one doctor writes;. In 1337, there wore 369 seho:! rate' that the development of se- his mother instead of going to vocational and, higher .'training as high schools the pre- the iii Afghanistan,, showing a l.C per during condary education in Afghanistan At a doctor went to the next door well as secondary 'tiducation in plans period in Afghanistan was 'I examined the patient. cent increase over the preceding has surpassed predictions: present seems to be all right. to get help, the woman neighbour - comparison to primaiy education, 14 per cent, during the first five he year,- in which 155,145 students v In secondary ' hea- - gave her a few kinds medi- ' ; education, the But I don t think he is very , ofv enrolled, showing 9.7 per The 'implementation of the first year development plan it was were a plan had set a target of ten per . lthy.' cines which were originally for 14.8 year 'development plan and per cent, during the second , grown up patient. By taking cent annual increase rate. five tent increase annually, while In Afghanistan-- a physician's ' the 1055 ;the edu- - ' five year plan it was-16.- per. ' -- In 1328, there were schoofri, forty years of modern medicine the child poisoned average the increase has actually bden opinion is extremely important. "was showing an annual increase of cation in the country increased cent while the of expan- he was about to become twenty per cent annually. The it as a deciding ractor m mnerii-anc- e and the 21.2 per cent which 165.596 the demands of the' pople for sion of education during the two in taTget of the third plan for the dispute. It aould free . a victim of ibis ignorance. - mother'6 showing schools.- This is why the tdtica-tio- n plan period was 15.8. Students were enroik'd, expansion of the secondary edu- man rrom we gett- Luckily his life was saved at the dur- joimg aimy, " a aeven : per cent annual increa- - objectives in the second plan As the figures above show, nospuai. cation was 9.2 increase annually, ing1 deferment or joining the were adopted on a widr scale. ; ing the first five year plan edu- . The .daily Bedar of Mazari Sha-- while it has actually been 26.6. noncombatant section, of thenar-my- In 1339 there were IJf)J schools In tne first year of the yecond cation development accelerated ': The increase between 1345 and 5 . , '. throughout Afghanistan, show, plan (1341, or 1962). there were markedly, while during the se- need en- ' 1346 on an average of the se- The story, goes that a wealthy ior and importance of inp a 22.2 per cent annual 1491 schods in; Afghanistan cond plan the expansion at the vironmental and pre- " condary education in Afghanistan man who had . only one .soft lied sanitation in which 193,449 students which 265,144 students weie en- - primary level of education was ventive medicine. wee was .17 per cent annually while in one of the provinces.' 'His bro- enrolled, showing a 162 pur cent rolled. In 1342, there v ere 16U9 maintained, while secondary edu- wanted toprove. The paper suggests ' the increase of the highschool thers and uncles that the , annual ; schools, in which 310,137 students cation was expanded, increase. education was A12 per cent an- to the law court tthat nis son was Ministry of Public Health should t In 1340, there were M"6 scho were enrolled, in 1349, then? were . The third five year develop delinquent, eligible, see ihat people are guided in kee- nually. and hot . : charge of ping their environment .clean as instead of 15 per cent, '28 per mentally, to take the the1 age group ' youth property left by his father. They part to! efforts in developing pre-- : cent of of in ventiwe medicine. This can be Kabul Zoo to getnow animals from fRG attend secondary schools in Af- went and bribed the doctor the ' Zoo district testify. done, believes the paper, through The Zoological Committee of wide gaps between tnem. . mals ion view at Kabul have ghanistan, to Afghani- ex- wide scale on-sp- ot Afghanistan plans to authorise The Zoological Committee of been 'collected within The main reason for the publicity and leg- . of lack of specific Instructions of the people on ob building of an open door acquar-iu- m Afghanistan,- which maintains the stanThe remaining five per cent pansion of the secondary or mid- Because zoo islation, doetors in Afghanistan serving Dasic nygiene , in Kabul zoo. All Kabul Zoo, .is also setting up an have been presented to the dle education in Afghanistan is rules. enjoying almost total immu- - The same paper an another edi- varieties of fish found in Afgha- tninlal museum. So far only .birds by the Cologne .Zoo of the Fede- the demands of the people. With- are torial will be on view marble were displayed But ral Republic of Germany. The out being aware of the demands nity from law in so far as their discussed the need for nistan in here. nw is taking pond, construction of which will taxidermists working set- animals include one pair of lions, of the country or shortage of practice is concerned. There effective measures' tow- are on the .It-a - for the ards preparing accurate, popula- begin shortly Kabul Zoo gr- ting up new sections to display and t)ne pair of tigers. manpower,- people are pressing no way to try them at patients. tion census. The manpower re- ounds. ' mammals and .insects. Kabul University provides the for 'the availability of middle ths o fthe another province, a physic- sources of a xountry be The zoo grounds have recently The Zoological Committee of expenses of upkeep of the animals schools. In cannot was by some clients to fully utilised ac- been considerably expanded by Afghanistan, under instructions of the zoo. The zoo has no full As can be seen, the develop- ian told unless there is 12 di- testify that a year old boy was pa-pe- its employ,, of In Afghanistan curate statistics, believes the rt. inclusion of new land in two from its honourary president Jiis time vetrenarian at ment education a man, and was thus legally the Countries, who have The newly acquired area Royal Highness Prince Moham- but some of the members of the has not taken, place in a proportion- been rections. of property of his" who are ate-balanced inheritor the able o have , correct statistics, wiU be divided in three parts. Of mad Nader has also prepared the Zoology Committee qua: manner as set have been successful prepar- this, one part will be earmarked, texts of draft laws on protection lified yetrenarians contribute th- by the five year plans, but to so- father. in Doctor's testimony in cases of ing their development plans and for exhibiting of African ani- of animals, and preservation of eir services to the Zoo. me extent the pressure of the alleged- - rapes are also of great have been able to achieve their mals. Kabul Zoo has been pro- animals, and the hunting law, Otherwise, a source of the zoo public demand has had its effect. -- concern to the courts of law. development targets. ' mised a number of animals of Both these laws will Hfe a great '. said public cooperation with the. It was because of this problem Cologne help preservation spe zoo has been not too much. Peo- ago an educa- In Afghanistan, efforts are be- African origin , by the in of rare that some years - reaiiy interesting iu ing to data Zoo. To begin- with the zoo will cies of animals, birds, and insects ple who own animals which are tion rommission was set up, what is made collect correct is the professional affinity about the manpower potentiality be delivered by its counterpart in in Afghanistan, a source of the not readily found here, asky very which in turn had formed six note doctors have. Unless and until in the country and so far greater Cologne some ostriches and ze- committee said. high prices for them. The Kabul to consider var- there is previous enmity between . ' parts of the country bras. Kabul Zoo has been so far ad- Zoo in its own term provides ani- ious issues of education. The re- are covered. the doctors and physicians, there The paper refers recent Another part will be turned, as ministered by the College of Sc- mals which are only found in ports of this commission con- to the is every likelihood that the cer- decision of the Ministry of In- far as possible, into a natural ha- ience of Kabul University which Afghanistan to some other zoos: tain .interesting and fruitful pro- of one doctor is auto-- . spacies bis- fledged zoology depart- So has sent some tigers, posals. tification terior according to winch demo- bitat for various of has full far it maticafly approved by other doc- graphic ons. ment. However, at a meeting last wolves, and some other animals During the previous Afghan forms will be distribut- tors. ed, The part is chosen for week in the college was depid-e- d to the Cologne Zoo. year (1349 or 1970-7-1) very im- free of charge, to the people. third it a In case of this special doc- ga- since the zoo is expand- The animal museum attached change the When these forms are filled various species of deers, and that portant and reasonable has been sentenced to rapidly special Kabul Zoo was formerly ad- tor who the Ministry will be able to know zelles found in Afghanistan. ing a administra- to took place in the expansion of years imprisonment, one special among be up for ministered by an FRG specialist. provinces. three about the number of people liv- Of attraction the tion set it. education in the It thing ought to be investigatec1; ing In tfi 1 1 n rtn l!BifilMi mmA rang However, was recognised th- However an Afghan taxidermist was Atrorv Tiuagc, uiauiii aiiu deer population will be the it this: in order to establish has there been any pressure from con- now taken charge of Ano- ' cities, plus number ot illiterate deers which is found in high at Kabul University must has it. more schools in the provinces, Jocal Zoo leaving Ihif district commissiouorr and males, females, and children. altitudes in Afghanistan. 'This tinue to keep in close contact ther official of the is the boarding middle schools in officials on him sign Afghanistan shortly for Fede- nnd other to The paper calls on the people deer has horns several, met- management and provide all ro- the Kabul were gradually abolished. attest Holevant docum- Republic of Germany study and the to help the Ministry towards this res long, and it can jump from unds assistance to it as before. ral to Nine million Afghanis were .thus ents? Has he really been given very Ninety of ani- - taxidermy as well . ' end by filling the forms properly. one cliff to another with five per cent the saved and several times more alcohol by" them to attest It? than what was predicted, schools If Fuch a thing has indeed hap- established in the provinces. pened, then the officials too must Monetary crisis Altogether, 966 . new village be punished. At the same time, schools, 104 rural schools, 22 new is Itnot necessary that in murder schools, .127 new (Continued rage 2) primary middle cases or m cases where murdeis from highschools dollar liabilities. schools and 56 new are suspected, more than one do- established throughout Af- Current estimates place Ame- were ctor should testify, ghanistan. , r rican dollar liabilities to Europ- .. . - This means a 12.8 increase in rasp finp nmrmw ean banks above $50 billion. Thio - it n maurr primary schools, 48.2 per disco-vere- They may .be as high as $60 bil- - the which has probably been d. cent increase in the middle sch- 'The real difficulty is in the ools 82 per 1'- '' But the U.S. has only $15 bil- and cent increase fact that we do not have the .- in highschools in comparison 'to lion in gold, ven counting t he i gal means to control malpractiee gold that we have deposited to the year before. of doctors. increased demands ' our rrpdii at the International This increase Some years ago it was prooo-se- d Monetary for teachers. With the same sp- that an Afghan medical bss.v Fund. t i y A dollar devaluation would Art VXV v v'v-1 eed teachers have not blen train- tint ion. should be established to have to involve a fourfold mul-- it'. ' V V U .... ed. Not only shortage of teachers foster medical consultation among tiplicatiop of the gold price from' i i could not be met hut also shor- professional doctors and to ur- - i: v tage for textbooks and building, $35 an dunce to $140 an ounce f . ... on malpractices. Whatever happ- merely to enable to wipe out educational equipment etc. was ened to that project 1 do not ub also our dollar debts to European cen- V greatly felt. To'meet all know. tral and private banks. these needs, more funds are nee- Did this convicted doctor have" present t-- Such i massive boost in the ded. At seventy per cent way to escape? Do the charges price of gold would have a radi- of the education budget is being prove him Innocent? cal affect on the distribution of spent on salaries, while the re- "Yes.. He rould ciaim that the economic and political power maining- thirty per cent Is not exhumed body was not the sam? among nations Kabul Zoo enough to meet all these one whkn he had testified, a (N. Y. Times Service) seasoned doctor told me. PAGE 4 THE KABUL TIMES, MAY 13, 1971

New Zealand Delhi, Karachi 1, supplies adequate , l t f If World briefs uneasy UK's : Swiss over inEast, says Yahya Khan accept PRAGUE, May 13, (Ceteka). channel shipping conference here A centre of Soviet science and attended by delegations frorfl culture will be established Pra- France, Belgium EEC entry RAWALPINDI, May 13, (AFP).. .President Yahya Khan has 'mediation offer in and the Nether ' ' gue under an agreement signed lands. : welcomed an offer of assistance by the United Nations to East . STRASBOURG, May 13, ' RAWALPINDI, May 13, (AFP) yesterday gov- - France Pakistan, but such assistance "it and when required" would have ' here between the iiciciiuB w uitTeasing snip- (A Zealand represen Pakistan has proposed India ernments of Czechoslovakia ping density P) .New to be administered by Pakistan's own relief agencies, official sour- to and in the Channel, , a at a Europe a tatives Council of ces said here yesterday. that representative of the Swiss the Soviet Union. recent series of maritime mishaps meeting Wednesday expressed , government be present m meet- and the related pollution danger uneasiness over New Zealand's . ings between LONDON, May 13, (DPA). iThe source said the agenices Pakistan in the light of ihforma- - the new Pakistan A to coastal areas through oil suil- - future trade relations with Bri deputy high commissioner' . government official yes-- lage, ay were well prepared to undertake tiort I have received from various in British Grant said the problem as negotiations continue Calcutta and . tain for the task. Ih replying to UN Se- - sources, including reports the former staff called for a joint interna-- uld only be solved by a common entry m from they tsritains the' Common cretary General U Thant's letter United Nations personnel who to determine whether wish tional effort to improve the sa-- approach of the countries sn Farket. to return to Pakistan ,it was le- - fety of English ' of April 23 President Yahya also have recently from the- ipping in the cerned. During a four, returned Wednesday.. hour debate here said there were adequate suppli- re." ' : - arned Such specific problems as the several European members,, most- India Tuesday es of medicines, food and other The Secretary General said!jhe and Pakistan Anthony, Grant, undersecretary' removal of wrecks and a niw ly British, spoke, in " accepted a Swiss - defense of necessities available in East would continue scrupulously to offer to media- of thp DeDartmPti of. Trad nnd New Zealand whose agricultural in dispute repatria- - observe article 2 (7) of the UN te the over industry, made his plea in a soe-- be carefully dealt with. Grant f.xports to Britain would be thre- tion o fdiplomatic staffs Dac (Earlier yesterday in New York Charter, which prohibits the UN in ech at the opening of a three day said. : '. atened if Britain is accepted in ' ca and Calcutta after the deputy the UN revealed that President from intervening in matters" es- - 1 j the Common Market. Yahya had rejected an offer high commissions were closed Speaker of sentially within the domestic ju : of the New Zealand . . i J I . mlanfiflj I J : A C 11 April 26. Jiouse of Representatives Sir changed between the two men. ' The Calcutta PARK HOTEL Roy Jack and opposition 'eadc staff of the Pak, (In his reply to the U.S. offer, But he continued: "I am also istan deputy high commissioner Norman Kirk told the meeting 3, on May President Yahya said deeply conscious of responsi-repor- ts in Calcutta had that 80 per cent of New Zealar.J'3 the refused to return of heavy losses, des-- bility of United Nations, on to Pakistan after export income came from vast the they seized the and misery had been thin the framework of internatio-- commission in the name of the RECREATION CLUB tural products, nine-tent- uf greatly exaggerated by the Ind- - nal and coopera- Bangla Desh "government." which were sold to Britain. economic social - lan and western press). l tion, to help promote and ensu The spokesman said that unless CONCERT and DANCE Speaking in New Zealand's i ne armed forces the Presid- - re, to all extent possible, human wishes of all Pakistani personnel Michael Stewart of Brita.n ent said having, restored law well-bein- g and humanitarian pri- - were ascertained by the deputy i i . i . 1 . ? featuring the' said, "a transitional arrangennt au uiuci wcie now assisting me ncipies. high commissioner Mehdi Masud, of for a fixed limtied period provincial administration in re "With this in mind, . I feel it could not be determined whe- vears will- - not be sufficient. This lief and rehabilitation. ' that the United Nations and its ther their actions were voluntary "Hi-beat- s' is necessary to think in terms of U Thant's letter to President specialised agencies have a most or forced by circumstances. a longer arrangement subject to Yahya said: "I am greatly con- useful role to play with the con- an international ; band periodic review." cerned 'at the situation in East sent of your government, in pro- GENEVA, May 13, (DPA). playing every night viding emergency assistance .for Pakistan and Cuba have refused the purpose of relieving the W- without giving any reason to idespread misery, hareships and take part in an international gov- House Committee meets suffering which have befallen the ernment conference on develop- MODERN VILLAS OF KARGIIA. ' (Continued from page 1) decisions on the issue. population of East Pakistan' as ment of humanitarian internatio- a "of C. law on them to the subsequent ses- , The House Committee on Pub- result recent events." nal t6 be held by the Interna- sions. ' ' lic Health discused a series of Thant added: "Therefore, tional Red, Cross Society from The committee on Mines and complaints in regard to health only on humanitarian grounds I May 24 to June 12. Industries Affairs in its meeting services, and availability and wish to offer to your governm- Red Cross Vice-Preside- said yesterday discussed the delay by prices of medicines received from ent, on behalf of the United Na- yesterday that 32 of the 39 coun- family of ' the Planning and Mines and In-- the citizens, the petitions of tions organisations, all tries invited had agreed to at- and possible assistance help your dustries Ministries in answering medicine importers and pharmacy to tend. . government in its, of bring- various questions sent to them owners that the' government sh- - task The conference is intended to ing urgently needed - by Committee, some of them ould allow them raises in pnees relief for expand the 1949- Geneva Red the the. plight of the population of several months ago, and came to in views of the changed parity Cross conventions in view , of East Pakistan present em- afgha-n- i. in the new forms, of conflict such as of foreign currencies and ergency." It was resolved that the Pre-sile- nt civil and guerrilla wars and mass of the Inspection Depart- bombings. Gold standard is Mi- ment of the Public Health WASHINGTON, May 13, (DPA) nistry, Dr. Habib . Del attend Secretary of Wil- AFGHAN meeting .U.S. State FLORIST fiction, says the Committee's next liam Rogers will brief UN Sec- questions Saturday and answer retary Genera U Thant and in this regarl. ' Presents variety of cut fresh UN Middle East Gun-n- ar U.S. Senator Agri- mediator The House Committee on Jarring on his Middle East1 flowers and plants. Vases arran and Irrigation discussed WASHINGTON, May 13, culture tour on Monday, the State De- Paris prices pumps ged to your desire any time of politicians yes- sales of water and partment announced yesterday. , THE BEAUTIFUL AND GREEN VIEW OF KARGHA AT SPR- (DPA). Leading agricultural tractors. year terday called for tighter Europe-a- n the round. You are welcome ING AND SUMMER KEEPS YOUR TIME JOYFULLY, BY DAYS The House Committee on Com- unity to end a scrapping of Rogers would be accompanied to order bouauet. AND BY Affairs in its meeting u .Ix l '. rfnc ir.PCj NIGHTS. the gold standard, as last week's mercial ssisiajH secretary ori siaie ror vvi'ov-ik- monetary upheaval died down on yesterday discussed the four per Near and For Easttern affairs, wreath, baskets spry etc. Beauti- . THE SEEING OF S AND GREEN VALLEY cent monopoly taxes. was de- major exchange markets. It Joseph Sisco who earlier yester-la- y IS VERY EXCITING. ''. cided that the President of the fy your occasions and ceremonies In Washington, Republic Sena- briefed the Israeli ambassa- BESIDE THE TWO STOREY BUILDING SIX OTHER HOUSES tor Jacob Javits (New York) Customs Department, and the dor in Washington, Itzhak Ra- with fresh flowers. President of the Commercial De- WITH BEDROOM SALOON-KITCHE- AND BATHROOM ARE urged assembly of an internat- bin, 6n his tour. .; partment Ministry of Com- ional monetary conference and in the In addition Sisco will meet the Address. Share Nau between ALWAYS AVAILABLE. SERVICE FOR THE FAMILIES TOO. merce attend the next meeting the withdrawal of gold from its ambassador of Jordan and other Blue Mosque and Charayee Ansa-- RENT FOR 24 HOURS ONLY 250-20- 0 40t AFS. central role in world currencies. of the Committee to answer the Arab states as well of Britain, as EXCELLENT FOR WEDDING PARTIES AND OFFICIAL RE- Such a conference "could make deputies questions on the issue. France and Italy within the next ri.. ' the necessary decision concern- The Committee on Public few days. Tel. 30649. CEPTION. GOOD SERVICE IS OUR DUTY, TEL. 21285. ing the establishment of a new Works and Transportation heard international reserve system and the answers of the 'President of the role of gold .." the Housing Department in the The Senator added 'the world Housing and Town Construction js on a dollar standard, not a gold Authority Dr. Abdullah Ali on standard, and the gold standard various aspects of home construc- is a fiction and impossible to tion in Kabul. The meeting con- r ' J maintain." tinued up to 2 pjn. in the after- iLJl U.S Vice Presient Spiro Ag-- noon. Further deliberation on the new asserted the mangle in or- issues' was left for the next mee- der to settle a short-ter- m cash ting of the Committee. crisis. The dollar rallied on foreign exchange markets in Frankfurt, WASHINGTON, May 13, (AFP) Zuerich, London, Amsterdam and .President Nixon yesterday mo- Tokyo after slumping when tra- ved in to provide assistance to ding was resumed earlier this 2,850 workers in the consumer week, following decisions to flo- electronics industry who became at the Dutch Guilder and West unemployed because of increased German Mark. imports, mainly from Japan. Plans to develop Siberia (Continued from Pae 2 ) ned to July 1971- - It is estimated that the depo-- The main hitch in the negot-- ' sits total 20,500 million tons. The iations held so far on the two I. mined coking coal will have to projects is the Soviet insistence be transported by the Siberian on a long-ter- low-intere- st bank railway t oNakhodka for shipm loan to buy the necessary equip ent to Japan. Saburo Tanabe, a ment and machinery from Japan. director of Nippon Steel Corpo- The outlay required for the de- ration, has already had prelimi- velopment of coal deposits has nary discussions in Moscow abo- been estimated at $500 million. ut the project. The natural gas project entaib The natural gas project envi- investment of the order of over Un- sages supplies to Japan's lorth-er- n $170 million, with the Soviet island of Hokkaido through a ion apparently willing to cont- OAC 1,480-k- Japan's m pipeline. It is estimat ribute $92 million of it. VC10 ed that between 2,000 and 2,400 nnritinn eppms to be that the million cubic metres of natural loan may be considered as aid to co-- gas would be available for trans- - an advanced country wnicn is puts you down more gently too. -- :' , portation from Oljha every year, ntrary to its policy. It sums up the quietest jet ia the sky. The VC10. ' " ' " Tyfs y, yvy Development of the copper reser- - Only our Rolls Royce engines could give you a cabin as quiet We staff our VC10 with people who are out to prove ves .of north is also an additional diffi-- Sakhalin There is exclusive simply because' they are mounted traditional BOAC service is no myth. you ' ' part of this programme. culty about the coalfields proj-- as an club, And we give : ' The Yakut coal and Sakhalin ects. They are situated at A dis-- right under the tail, so their sound is left behind. And the an economy class seat with legroorii for a 7 footer: natural gas projects are yet to tance of 500 km from the nearest advantages don't stop there. Enclosed roof lockers that take the gear other airlines ; : VC10, be cleared by the Joint Soviet- - railwav station on the Siberian Because no engines dangle from her wings, the leave on your lap. Altogether it's a lot to keep quiet about! . , Japan economic committee which railway. 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