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WASHINGTON, July 10—The World Bank announced today that it survey by its special mission, which reportedly advised against new international economic aid to Pakistan, was being distributed to the bank's 21 executive directors and alternates.
The bank made the announcement following published re ports that for political reasons a decision had been made by Robert S. McNamara, the bank's president, to keep the mission's study secret.
Although the survey was not made public, it was understood that it concluded that under the chaotic conditions now prevailing in Pakistan new assistance is “not possible.”
Assistance to Pakistan is carried out by an 11‐nation Aid to Pakistan Consortium, which includes the United States. The group is coordinated by the World Bank.
The mission was reported to have advised against new aid commitments. The consortium and the bank are agreed to continue providing funds from earlier commitments at an approximate rate of $15‐million monthly.
The United States is opposed to the majority view in the consortium that new assistance should be withheld until the Pakistani situation returns to normal.
The bank mission is said to have reported that the violent quelling of the secession movement in East Pakistan by Pakistani troops had created impossible conditions in the country.
While the Nixon Administration is reluctant to cut economic aid and suspend military equipment shipments already licensed for Pakistan, officials here said that the policy toward Pakistan would be re viewed after the return of Henry A. Kissinger, the President's special assistant for national security affairs.
They could not confirm, how ever, reports from Karachi that Mr. Kissinger remained an extra day in Pakistan today to confer secretly with Kemal Hossein, an East Pakistani political leader.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani freighter Padma, which carries about $2‐million of United States military equipment, is due to dock in Baltimore to morrow en route to Karachi.
The Padma loaded the military equipment in New York late last month, then sailed to Montreal but was prevented by the Canadian Government from taking aboard jet aircraft engines for the Pakistani Air Force. The ship is scheduled to call in Philadelphia after Baltimore before continuing her voyage.