§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of bilateral grants, loans and technical assistance to Turkey, Greece, the Middle East countries and the Maghreb countries in the current year and the broad purposes of the expenditure.
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§ Mr. WoodThe information for the calendar year 1970 is given in the table below. Apart from those published in
BILATERAL GRANTS, LOANS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY, GREECE, THE MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES AND THE MAHGREB COUNTRIES CALENDAR YEAR 1970 £ thousand Aid programme Outside aid programme Grants Loans Technical assistance Total Other grants Grand total Turkey … … — 4,927 252 5,178 — 5,178 Greece … … — — — — — — Algeria … … — — 31 31 — 31 Morocco … … — — 16 16 — 16 Tunisia … … 49 — 23 73 — 73 Bahrein … … — — 117 117 390 507 Iran … … — 146 469 615 — 615 Iraq … … — — 4 4 — 4 Jordan … … 586 305 178 1,069 — 1,069 Kuwait … … — — — — 200 200 Lebanon … … — — 16 16 — 16 Libya … … — — 5 5 — 5 Muscat and Oman … … 28 — — 28 — 28 Saudi Arabia … … — — 10 10 — 10 South Yemen … … Cr. 36 — 538 503 — 503 Syrian Arab Republic … … — — + + — + Trucial States … … 200 — — 200 10 210 United Arab Republic … … 266 — 71 337 — 337 Total … … 1,094 5,377 1,731 8,202 600 8,802 — Nil. + Lees than half the final digit shown. Cr. Credit. Notes: 1. The grants were for various purposes: e.g., in Tunisia rehabilitation following the 1969 floods; in United Arab Republic food aid supplied under the International Grains Arrangement; in Jordan pensions payments to officials of the former Government of Palestine and for rehabilitation following the events of last summer; in Trucial States a contribution to the Trucial States Development Fund; in Muscat final contributions towards costs of consultants in connection with the proposed new harbour and towards running costs of Muscat Charitable Hospital. The grants to Bahrein and Kuwait outside the aid programme were for civil aviation purposes and were borne on Department of Trade and Industry votes. 2. Loan expenditure covered the supply of British goods and services either for general economic development or for specific projects. 3. The technical assistance expenditure included the provision of experts, equipment, English language teaching, training in Britain and consultancies; but in Southern Yemen it was for advances for terminal benefits including pension payments to former South Arabian officers. 4. Totals may not add due to soundings.