New Scheme To Dam River Nile
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•jxeeeivea maay, 7.ao p.m. LONDON, Feb. 11. Mr. Hector McNeill, , amiouneing .tlie new sclieme to dam the Nile, said it would be a maguificent and fruitful enterprise in international cooperation.'
It affeets Etliiopda, Uganda, Belgium, the Sudan, Eg}>pt and Britain. The next stage, he added, was the provision of capital and he did not believe there would be mueli difficulty.,: It was a scheme which was not based on strate gic eonsiderations and not conceived primarily for eommercial proiit. It wa> a conception that would make possible the distribution to millions of people, of real weal.th lif the form of food, power, minerals and services such as transport.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 February 1949, Page 4
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