There is no contradiction  One statement says that the Arab State would not be selfsupporting and the other gives reasons why it would not be selfsupporting The same explanation is in the report itself in the Conclusions chapter p  One of the main arguments against partition is we think the fact that under any plan of partition which is based on the inclusion in the Arab State of the fewest possible Jews and Jewish enterprises and on the creation of a Jerusalem Enclave and Corridor the greater part of the Arab wealth of Palestine is necessarily left outside the Arab State whether in the Jewish State or the Mandated Territories  that state is therefore found to be singularly lacking both in natural resources in created assets and in inherited wealth and is likely to remain a very poor country