طرق جديدة p.3

FO 371/168900 1963
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3400
Kilometers of New

link Northern
areas of the King dom with Southern
areas and the
Arab Gulf with the
Red Sea.

As a result of
the favourable ef fect of this pro ject on agricul ture and indust ries, experts feel
certain that
Saudi Arabia is
now on the door steps of a radical
improvement in its
national economy.

RIYAD, Dec. 1--His
Highness Prince
Musa'id Ibn
Abdulrahman, Minis
ter of Finance,
presided today at
a meeting of the
Supreme Planning
Board in which the
project of paving
3400 kilometers
of roads was dis cussed. H.H.Prince
Musa'id is Vice Chairman of the
Board.

This project to
which the United
Nations will cont ribute technical
advice is the lar.
gest scheme hit herto undertaken
by the Government
in the field of
Communications.

When completed
the project will