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3-14-1968 Times (March 14, 1968, vol. 6, no. 306) Bakhtar News Agency

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The Wolesi Jirgah, Dr. Za­ Sen. AbdUl Hadi Dawi addresses the openIng session of the Meshrano Jirgah (Senate), her ·said. tries to exerc:ise its duties in full compliance with the' nation's needs and aspirations and to enjoy its complete sup­ port at all times. "In our sessions befon' the re­ cess," Dr. Zaher -went Dn, "with very best relations prevailing between the Executive and the Legislature. we succC'edrd in ac­ complishing very important tasks. "It is myI hope that ~uch spirit \vill prevail in the course of cur­ rent session. as well," Dr. Zaher said. "\"h' have ~reat. JTI,ltlers to tend to in our sessiollS. Care­ ful 'JI)d sustaiu('d WOI k also will enable us to discharge our respensbll ities propel Iy," " he . said, lip l~xprcssed the hope thal with Almight.y·s help the house would be able to furict-ion as de­ sired I1ndt:r the patronage of His Majesty the King in l'·)mplian­ ce wil h the tenets of Islam and the pruvisiuns of the Constitu­ Dr. Abdul Zaher· addresses the opening session of the Wolesl Jirgah (lower house) of parliament. tion_ President of the Meshrano Jir­ --' -_._------Ilah (Senate) Sen: Abdul Hadi Dawi. said that during the recess - Road-Opened S~harto a large number of acts and ordi­ KABUL, March 14:-The Herat-Islam Qala road, a 124 kilo. Kennedy Enlarges Indonesian nances were submitted for par­ liamentary ·scrutiny, all of whieh metre all weather link between Hernt in western will have to go through the Me­ and·Iran was dedicated this afternoori by Second Deputy Prime Congress By More Than 100 shrano. Jirgah Committees. MInister Abdullah . YaHali. ' Reconsiders "It ·is my wish," he, continued, This motorway as an importarlt link in the circle l'oads in. JAKARTA, M"i·ch 14, (Reu- paratory meetings of the cong­ "that the c;ommittecs will work western Afghanistan will provide a powerful impetus ·for eco­ ted. Indone~ia's Acting Presid­ ress working committee. .. tirelessly so t.hat we can fiinsh nomic growth of western Aftghanistan especially Herat. said As McCarthy ent Gen. Suharto yesterday' ap, It will also have to delay ge­ our business on schedule, with­ Yaftali in his remark at the dedication ceremonies held· just puinted more than 100 new neral elections which cannot tie out delay and .bottlenecks. outside Herat. members of the· Peoples Cong­ held on schedule this year becau­ ':Thc . present conditions have . Others at .the Herat road-opening ceremonies jncluded U.S. . ress,' the country's top policy- se the election law is not ready. changed' for nations jusl as for Ambassador Robert G. Neumann, Interior Mini~ter Mohammad Runs Streng making body, one week before a Suharto wants a five year indi,viduals. ' tTlIeial congress se,ssion conven­ poslponemenl while polilical par­ Omar Wardak and Public Works Minister· Eng. Mohammad ed to postpone elections and na­ ties want a three years delay. Husein Masa, Iranian Ambassador Mahmoud .Feroughi and Re WASHINGTON, March 14, '·The iMerrelations between (AFP).-Sen. hobert Kennedy .ne him full president. the nations have expandec!. So sident UN Representative Ar,sene Shahbaz. . announced here yesterday that An o!1i('it.ll announcement said have the number. and intensity The completion of this highway, said Yaftali is another he was "actively reconsidering Suhartd had decided to increase of influences. It is no longer step taken by Afghanist.an towards economic dev~lopmel)t un· the possibilities" available to . the 'congress membership by 102 possible for a nation to be an der the patronage ot .His Majesty the King. him. se'lts 10 828-a raise. of about 14 U.S.'Warns absolufe isolationist. , "The Herat-Islam Qala road .compLetes the part of Asian Hig­ The announcement came as re­ per cent. "It is true every nation has· its ·hway, an ECAFE backed project; passing through Afghanistan, ex­ sulls from the Democratic pri­ . Then new members will be non own way of Hfe and thinking mary in New Hampshire sho\v· pC) rly men. armed' forces mem­ stemming from its OWJ~ needs, panding the possibilities of our trade and contact with our brother nation Iran and other cO\lIltries of the region" YaItali said. ed that President Johnson won only bers. ex-servicemen veterans and Against aspirations traditions but it ca,n SL'rvil:emen's wives. the annuun­ "At this time I consider it my duty to express my appreciation 49 per cenl of. the democra- cut off itself from the world tic ballot against Sen. McCar­ cement said. beY6nd its horizons. for thE hard' work of Afghans and Americans who worked on the thy·s 42· per cent. No new members were mentio­ ·Thus it is important for us to project and for the friendly assistance given by the Ul'ited States rlcd from l,xisting political par­ Opposing regulate, define, llnd transform to .complete this project." he added. McCart11Y said that when wri- ties. the impact ·with t4e world at Public Works Minister Eng. Mohammad Hussein Masa ex­ te-in votes in the Republic3n The ol1icial reason for the mo­ large. The responsibiHty to rio pressed the conviction that the highway will facilitate trade and ve was ttl nli'se the congress this. falls ' squarely parlia­ primary election ballot had been Treaty on travel with Iran and countries beyond and will have a major ef­ counted "I might have more vo­ membership. according to. con­ ment's shoulders. vention. to do"uble that of the fect on .expanQing and facilitating transportation in the region. tes than the president." GENEVA, March 14, (Reuler).­ "We could perform this duty· '114 member parliament which In the course of the first two F·ive Year Developm."nt Plans Political opservers throughout The United States Wednesday wnr­ better 'in an atmosphere of cord­ SuharlO expanded by the addi­ Afghanistan built 2,000 kilometres of modern highways Including· the country viewed Senator Me­ ned governments opposed the So­ iality with other branche·, of the Car1lhy's achievement in new tion of Grmed forces and non State, especially with the Exe the Kabul-Salang-Sher Khan Bander, Kabul-Tourkham, party members las! month. viet-American draft nuclear non· Kabul--Spin Boldak, Kandahar-Herat-Tourghundi, and Hampshire as a serious blow to proliferation treaty that they would cutive the president's political prestige Observers said that Suharto's "Therefore 1 suggest that con­ assume a heavy responsibilily. a part of Kabul-Gardez. and Pule Khumri-Mazar·e Sharif-Sheber­ and further evidence of the divis~ intention was to secure a major­ tacts and consultations with the U,S. delegate William C. FOsler ghan; he said. ions in the Democratc Party ity of nfln- party and armed for­ Executive be continued ,as in lold the J7-nalion disarmament con­ "These highways have enabled us to link centres of provinces over the Vietnflm w~r. ces members. which already hold the ·past for the sake of be.Iter substan tin! l'1.Jngrcss fl.:.'presenla­ ference it was essential to agree on with one another and to provide motorway up to our borders with the treaty nOW "if we are t<;, have exercise of our duties", Sen. D:'\WI Observers took stalement as an in· tion, to head. oU any opposition neighbouring countries," Masa said. a fair chance to make the further concluded. dication that the former president's from political party members. The Herat-Islam ·Qal" road cost Af. 64 million and $ 9,353,290 progress we all waDI" towards othc;r ------brother was on the point of revealing The congress is to make Su­ WASHINGTON, March 14, (AP) of which $ 943,290 was a gr'lnt and the rest·a credit from the Uni­ disarmament measures_ that he had decided to run ag­ hano full president till elections Dr. Robert F. Ward, a leadlllG Am-· ted ·States. take place. a proposal which has "Those who continue to have re­ erican scholar on , told Con­ ainst President Johnson for De­ servations about what they may fed Masa said that with the completion of this project· we now mocratic nomination in the com­ met \vith oppcsitinn during pre- gress Wednesday that Ihe l'.:lLrn of have a number of skilled Afghans in construction and maintainan­ ing presidential electio}ls. to be the limited scope of this lrea­ Okinawa to Japan is a pr.)blem of ce work whose sklll and experiences can be profitably used.. in ty should consider carefuly the im­ timing and lcrms thal. is cnpable of plications of ttl,eir positions," he other projects. The New Yurk senator, who causinc a sedous breech in U $-­ Masa· congratulated those. who worked on the project for suc· has maintained up to now that declared. .lapan ·relations. eesful completion of their task and thanked the United States for he supported President Johnson USSR PROTESTS He favors return of tlle island wilh This was ,especially true of....delega· itsfinancial assistance for the project. and did not intend to run him­ its major U.S. base ins4aIl::ltions to self, explajned his apparent cha­ NDP ACTIVITIES lions whose governments had repea Japunese control before J910 if the AmbaSSador Neumann said in remarks at the oeremony, the ledly ucged the need 10 hall the nu­ hiRYlay is an example of Afghan-American relations that will rige of attitude yesterday by the Vietnam war permits. "concern in the DemoC'ratic Par­ IN W. BERLIN ch:ar arms race and reduce nuclenr .~ / . "" tContin~ed on page 4) ty .about. the direction the coun­ MOSCOW, March 14, \Reu­ arsenals. try js going." ter).- The Soviet Ambassador "Such governments would, we be­ ·in Easl Berlin has pr·otested to lieve. assume a heavy responsibihy Kennedy saifl he .had not dis­ Britain The United States and if they. were .now to witbhpld theIr Scram/ble For Gold Goes On; LBJ Warlt$ cussed the rna Iter with Senator Fran'C'e 'at the activities in West support from this treaty. which is . LONDON, March· .14,. (Reuter) price of gold would I:!e ·in the best In London a bullion· dealer de- Eugene McCarthy, the '·Vietnam Berlin of the extreme Right­ a major slep.· only because it does -The scramble for gold .contin- interests of the world lind in- scribed the gold rush as "pande­ peace candidate'- who ran close Wing National Democratic Party ~ot go ali far as they had wished," ued without let-up on world bul· ternatiorial trade. . monium", Gfficiai morning turn­ behind President Johnson in Tu­ (NDP), it was reported here last he said. lion markets yesterday as conIi- Representing the world's lar- over was estimated' at 40 tons esday's New Hampshire prim.ary, night. . Touching on misgivings expressed' dence in leading ·C\lrrencies fail· gest .gold-producing nation, the worth $ 40 iniliion. The determining factor in his Tass news agency in a dispatch by ·the IIlaHans, be said articles . ed ·to rallY, minister said. t4ere was a very Unconfirmed rumours that Ita-· re-examination of his own Doli· from Berlin, said the Soviet pro­ three and four !,f the tresty left the . In Washington Presidellt John- real danger that .general loss ·of· Iy hac! leff the seven-nation 1l0ld tical opiniQ{l had been Tuesday's lest was cont..ained in a letter way open to the proyision of nuc­ son war\led that the U.S. acono- faith. in. paper currenci would pool· helped· to push the Paris testimony before the Senate For_ , from the Ambasador, Px.otr lear material to countries which ne­ my would face grave risks unless : eause. a "disorderlY" price incre- turnover to a record $ 19,~ mil- e;gn Relations Committee by A,brasimov, to the ambassadors of eded it for their development. action was taken soon to cut ,: ase. lion', . Secretary of State Dean Rusk. the three western alfics in Bonn. He said he coulc! not subscribe \0 the outflow of dollars from the J President Johnson speaking in The bank of Italy categorical- -Rusk had shown that the Uni­ It came only two days afcer Nigeria's demand that a favourabJe· United States. . <. Washin~on, said th~ strength of Iy aeneid the rumours. ted States woum go on follow­ East Germany announced H was vote by the majority of the members The gold rush reached fever the dollar and the soundness of .Heavy demand for gold was ing the Same line ,as in the past barring transit facilities :n:ross of the United Nations be required pitch· in London, and Pads whe' ,the Wesi's. 11l0netary system. ",a- also r~corded in Frarikfuvt and· over the Vietnam conflict. its territory td members uf the before the trea.ty became effective. ., . re ·dealers were swamped' with . lIy' depended on- America's pay- Zurich, Kennedy said his attitude to NDP, which is Labelled Nco-NaZI "1 can only reiterate our convi·c­ orders to .buy into the precious ,';rnents position. . . Sterling .took a sharp knock in the administration had also been by opponenls. tion .that requiring so large a num­ meta!. ·1 "Unless we act now, unless the foreign exchange markets influenced by President Jolln· The letter chariled that Neo· ber could create a risk of furthor And as the ~cramble went 01} ..:we act soon, we run a very gra- with publication of figures show­ son's hesitatioG over m,easur:es tu Nazi thugs in \Ves.t Berlin hav.e proliferation by delaying the trea­ ,-., .: South African Finance Minister ., ve .risk," he told congressional ing that Bvitain's trade deficit be "dopted in the light of recJ;lnt been allowcd to attack "demo· ty's entry into torce. possibly by ll.5 Dr. Nicolaas Diederichs said·'and business leaders at a White· doubled to 70 million sterling· recommertdafions aimed at end­ raticallyt-minded citizens" while much .as lwo years after it wa! .ope­ he believed an increase in the . House ceremony. la~t month. ing the nation's racial troubles city police stooo by. ned for signature," Foster said.

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