Sub-series consists of four parts. Part 1 consists of briefing memoranda #1-113, 1977, with supporting documents sent to the Secretary of State For External Affairs by Paul Gérin-Lajoie, President of CIDA. Briefing memoranda #114- 448, 1977, with supporting documents were prepared by Michel Dupuy, President of CIDA. Scattered throughout these are summaries prepared by the Minister's exempt staff. Part 2 consists of briefing memoranda #1 - 429, 1978, with supporting documents sent to the Secretary of State For External Affairs by Michel Dupuy, President of CIDA. Scattered throughout these are summaries prepared by the Minister's exempt staff. Part 3 consists of Don Jamieson's exempt staff files. Allen Lever, Principle Assistant to the Minister and Luc Bertrand, Special Assistant, January 1977- April 1978 and March 1978 - February 1979. Part 4 consists of briefing memoranda # 1-145, January 1979 - May 1979, with supporting documents sent to the Secretary of State For External Affairs by Michel Dupuy, President of CIDA. Scattered throughout these are summaries prepared by the Minister's exempt staff.
Parts 1 and 2: Briefing memoranda, supporting documents, studies, reports, case analysis; and briefing summaries prepared by Minister's exempt staff.
Part 3: Briefing summaries between exempt staff; briefing summaries prepared by exempt staff for the Minister; briefing memoranda from President of CIDA to Minister; Departmental messages; handwritten notes; correspondence between Departmental staff; transcripts of meetings between Minister and President of CIDA; correspondence between SEA and other Cabinet Ministers; main estimates of CIDA for 1979-1980; request for subsidies; and incoming correspondence, attachments.
Part 4: Memoranda from SEA to the Prime Minister; briefing memoranda with attachments from President of CIDA; briefing summaries from exempt staff to the Minister; exempt staff incoming-outgoing correspondence; and follow-ups on previous government projects funding commitments.
Part 1 comprises 488 issues that were brought forward during 1977 for the Minister's consideration, information, project commitment revisions, reaction or approval. Some of the issues documented are: Ecuador - Development of the Guyas River Basin - Phase II; Haiti - Inventory of hydraulic resources; Bangladesh - Railways and locomotive equipment; Ivory Coast - Improving the railway system; East Indonesia - Regional development study; Rwanda - Development of the Mutara region; Indonesia - Strengthening of the Water resources Division, Bengkula province; West Indies- Pre-investment study of the shipping corporation; Kenya - Water Development; Guyana - Veterinarian Diagnostic Laboratory; Afghanistan - Development of Logar International Airport; Ghana- Satellite Earth Station; Jamaica - Bovine fertility, livestock development; Tanzania - Industrial Development; Madagascar - Project Rogez; Tchad - Improving secondary roads; Peru - Inspection of fish destined for human consumption; Pakistan - Special line of credit for oil and gas development Corporation; Zambia - Development of Bank of Zambia, special fund for rural development; Malaysia - Temegor hydro electrical project; Ghana - University of Ghana/University of Guelph agricultural project; Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC); Swaziland - Railways technical assistance; Leeward and Windward Islands, Agricultural Adviser; Nepal - Potash supplies; Guyana - Fisheries development plan; Bangladesh - Jute spares manufacturing; Zambia - Technical and vocational education; Indonesia - Gas turbine, Palembeng; South Korea - Korean Fisheries Management Information System; Tanzania - Railway Sector; Tanzania - Arusha District development; Pakistan - Master Plan for Agricultural Production; African Development Bank; and Trinidad and Tobago - Forest inventory.
Part 2 comprises 429 issues were brought forward during 1978 for the Minister's consideration, information, project commitment revisions, reaction or approval. Some of the issues documented are: Pakistan - Warsak Hydro Expansion 5-6; Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland - Institute of Development management; India - Fertilizer program; Afghanistan - Power Sector Master Plan; Uganda - Training program; Afghanistan - long range power study; Zaire - food aid; Malawi - Third country training; Bangladesh - Rice research institute; Indonesia - Bukit Asam project; Pakistan - Debt relief; Cameron - Transcom, Phase II; Tanzania - Mwanza -Musama project; Barbados - Uplands Sugar Mill - Phase II; Sri Lanka - Mahaweli Ganga irrigation and power development (Stage III); Senegal - Fighting bush fires; Burma - Hospital Elevators; Zambia - Rural roads for fisheries development; Asian Bank development; Indonesia - Sumbawa water resources development study; Kenya - Wildlife disease transmission - Phase II; Sri Lanka - Katunayke Airport improvement and development study; Malawi - National Rural development project; Indonesia - Sulawesi regional development study; and Zaire - Food aid.
Part 3 comprises requests for overseas subsidies and exempt staff recommendations are documented.
Part 4 comprises 145 issues brought forward between January - May 1979 for the Minister's consideration, information, project commitment revisions, reaction or approval. Some of the issues documented are: Proposed grants to Pan-American Health organizations for Disaster Preparedness in the Americas; Sri Lanka - Embilipitiya Paper Mill project; Haiti - Integrated Rural development; People's Republic of Benin - Port of Cotonou Dredging; Sri Lanka - Lower Uva regional development plan; and Tanzania - Arusha site and service project.