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electric fan<> 1 a shod whether it was intended to erect
more permanent buildings for these Italians but was told that
es it was intended to repatriate them as soon as circumstances
permit It was not proposed to divert labour and material
from the development of the tfaudi Village on which they were
concentratingo 1 did not gather that the Company were
pursuing a kind of anti-Italian policy $ they must pay due
regard to King Von Baud’s requirement that in all matters
his people must receive priority of treatment over other
national;*, and the concentration of the Company’s resources
upon tine baud! Village is their answer* They emphasised
that the limiting factors in ell their prefects were labour
end material and not money. They had "millions of dollars
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7c As regards the Saudi village ? the Saudi Arsblcn
Government has, by legislation, prescribed minimum but
reasonable requirements for such housing $ it requires that
each two workers be provided with a room of suitable
permanent type of construction not less than 12 x 1? feet
in dimensionso Many 22-mcn buildings have been erected;
others were nearing completion and many more were in various
tages of erection* A Mosque and Market have been built
Playing fields and a swimming pool are to be provided. An
excellent Hospital has been built (better than that available
to the Americans) and three new houses for the Indian
Doctors 0 There are many hundreds of barastis or other native
huts in which Saudis are living, particularly by married men
their families and it may be a few yeers before these
black spots' 1 arc eliminated but viewed' as a whole'the progress
made end the amenities provided merit commendation a
Availability of building material is the most prominent
limiting factor * Full use is made of all local supplies:
stone for native masonry construction and building brick and
gypsum plaster from company -built and operated plants* An
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complaints reached the -Sudan Government ccr-cornleg their
treatment by the Americans and their living conditions* I
7^os given details of these complaints, during one of my visits
to Khartoum and Dr, Bridie made enquiries when he visited
Dhahran some time ago 0 l therefore asked to see Baclr
Hussein Tan taw i the "spokesman 51 of the Sudanese and he told
me ; they were now quite satisf ied with their conditions
of employment and -wages* They hoped to be provided with
better living gccommodation as* soon as ooseibl«
ouildings Ictar and they were certainly not good
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