Huge aid plan
NZPA-Reuter Washington < The' Reagan Administra- j tion has told Congress it will : seek $lll million in econo- i mic aid for Pakistan next ] year, the first instalment in ; what is expected to be a i multi-billion dollar pro- ■ gramme. Disclosing the plan to a ■ congressional sub-committee, ; the State Department urged ; action on its call for a change in a law banning aid : to countries that do not re- ; nounce nuclear weapons. The < law as it stands would block ( aid to Pakistan.
The request was made as Senator Alan Cranston, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said American officials had evidence that both India and Pakistan were preparing test sites for nuclear explosions (story, facing page). The Administration is considering a five-year, largely military aid programme for Pakistan. The Pakistani Foreign Minister (Mr Agha Shahi) and the American Secretary of State (Mr Alexander Haig) discussed the aid plan in Washington last week.
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