§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Overseas Development if any approach by the Bolivian Government for aid in developing the infrastructure in the regions of Santa Cruz and Beni has been made; and what response has been given.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe projects which my Ministry is undertaking in the Santa Cruz province are in the field of technical co-operation only—namely, a seven-member tropical agricultural mission and a 10-member geological team which is studying the Pre-Cambrian Shield of East Bolivia. The Ministry is responding also to a recent request for a food technologist and an industrial planner, both to be based in Santa Cruz. We have had no request for assistance in Beni.