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U.S. Aid Rejected For Indian Steel Mill
NEW DELHI—(UPI)—What might have been the biggest American project in India is now merely a big problem.
India has withdrawn its request to the United States to help build its fourth government-run steel mill, at Bokaro in northeastern India.
The announcement followed 18 months of negotiations between India and the United States.
THE MULTI-MILLION dollar mill would have been Asia's largest.
Despite President Kennedy's best efforts to justify the massive aid, it failed to secure congressional backing.
U. S. assistance to India is not reduced. India is still the biggest single recipient of American foreign aid.
But to many political observers, America has dropped the chisel and thereby the chance of hewing out a perfect Indian image.
INDIA, ESPECIALLY following last autumn's Chinese offensive, desperately needs more steel. Even before, India's third five-year development plan sought to triple its steel ingot production to 9.2 million tons.
"Only Bokaro could have fulfilled our dreams," one Indian economist said.
Lucknow's influential, pro-government National Herald said: "The importance of Bokaro is not in question. It is an essential part of the third plan; and since a steel plant of this size—four million tons—takes at least seven years to complete, work on it should have started as early
as possible in the first year of the plan."
THE TIMES OF INDIA said: "Continuing dependence on others not merely for credits but design and technology implies the presence of a possibly friendly but none the less foreign foot on the Indian accelerator which must ultimately affect the pace of economic progress."
While the average Indian looks indifferently at India's determination to go ahead with the ambitious project, the press has unanimously endorsed the government's decision to withdraw its request to America for financing the mill.
The Indian Express said: "India's withdrawal of Bokaro from the list of projects for which American aid was sought should be viewed as a agacious decision which would avoid any further embarrassment to the Kennedy administration which has hailed India as the test case for economic growth in underdeveloped areas through democratic means.
... IT IS NOT in anger but in sympathetic understanding of the difficulties of the friendly Kennedy administration that India has decided to withdraw its request.
"It would have been helpful if President Kennedy had succeeded in carrying Congress with him in his desire to assist this (Bokaro) project so vital to our development. But a Democratic government cannot ignore the political climate in the country just as it happened in regard to the Voice of America deal in India."
The pro-Congress Hindustan Times hoped "several countries can be persuaded to form a consortium to take up assistance to Bokaro."
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Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1963
First Lady Arrives in Athens
ATHENS, Greece — (UPI)— Mrs.
Jaequeline Kennedy arrived here today for a two-week rest.
The Greek press generally was enthusiastic about the visit. The newspaper Athimaiki said, "We wish for Jackie to overcome her summer mishap and recover her unparalleled smile of the happy wife of the President of the United States." Messimzrini said it hoped the bright sky of Greece "will help take her sorrow away."
Her visit will include a stay at a rented seaside villa near Athens and
a private tour of the colorful Greek islands aboard one of the world's most luxurious yachts, owned by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
IT WAS THE FIRST outing for Mrs. Kennedy since the death of her third child, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, Aug. 7, less than two days after birth.
She was to be surrounded by a few friends, including her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill, and her brother-in-law, Polish Prince Stanislas Radziwill.
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