HC Deb 16 February 1949 vol 461 c165W
10. Mr. Hurd

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what requests have been made by the Tanganyika Government to the Overseas Food Corporation to grow sufficient crops at Kongwa, Urambo and Lindi to satisfy the needs of the workers employed in the groundnuts scheme in East Africa.

Mr. Creech Jones

This matter has been under discussion between the Tanganyika Government and the local representative of the Overseas Food Corporation, and the Governor has informed me that the Corporation are planting a substantial area of maize this season.