From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1971: Fifty Years Ago: Aid for steel mill.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan and Russia signed a credit agreement in Moscow yesterday [Jan 22] under which the USSR Government would provide 180 million roubles for financing the cost of machinery and equipment for the Karachi Steel Mill.

... Preliminary discussions are also going on [regarding] the establishment of a training centre in Pakistan for training Pakistanis in metallurgical and connected trades so that a sufficient number of skilled workers and supervisory staff is available to run the steel mill when it goes into operation.

[Meanwhile, as reported by agencies in Saigon] The United States Army today airlifted vitally needed war material into Phnom Penh's devastated airport to bolster defences against a fresh Communist attack...

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