INDIA: UNITED STATES VICE-PRESIDENT HUBERT HUMPHREY TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER MRS. GANDHI AND OTHER MINISTERS

Record ID: 337241

  • Title: INDIA: UNITED STATES VICE-PRESIDENT HUBERT HUMPHREY TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER MRS. GANDHI AND OTHER MINISTERS
  • Date: 18th February 1966
  • Summary: MR. HUMPHREY WITH THE FOOD, PLANNING, AND FINANCE MINISTERS AND WITH MRS. INDIRA GANDHI. Initials DE/V/CR/SA Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th March 1966 12:00
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  • Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Reuters ID: LVAP2JCO5NA86LV8B0M99DG9Q51
  • Story Text: THE UNITED STATES IS TO GIVE INDIA A ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR LOAN TO IMPORT COMMODITIES WHICH ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AFTER THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, MR. HUBERT HUMPHREY HAD A DAY OF TALKS IN THE INDIAN CAPITAL NEW DELHI, WHICH INCLUDED MEETINGS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER MRS. GANDHI, THE FOOD MINISTER, MR. SUBRAMANIAM, THE MINISTER OF PLANNING, MR. ASOKA MEHTA AND THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, MR. CHAUDHURI.

    IN A STATEMENT, MR. HUMPHREY SAID THAT THE LOAN WAS INTENDED TO BOOST INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY BY MEETING THE MOST URGENT REQUIREMENTS FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SPARE PARTS. HE SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY INDIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO OVERCOME ITS ECONOMIC AND FOOD PROBLEMS.

    DURING HIS VISIT TO NEW DELHI, MR. HUMPHREY ALSO DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAM WITH MRS. GANDHI. HE IS ON THE COURSE OF A SIX-NATION TOUR FOR PRESIDENT JOHNSON, DECIDED ON AT THE HONOLULU CONFERENCE. MR. HUMPHREY - WHO LATER LEFT INDIA FOR CANBERRA - GAVE NO INDICATION WHETHER HE HAD ASKED MRS. GANDHI FOR ANY PEACE INITIATIVE IN VIETNAM.
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