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Here is what you, the American taxpayers, have authorized your government to give or "loan” to other nations, 1945 through 1966. This was not to win the war (you had already paid for that, too) but since the Second World War’s end. And if you think it might have been an investment in the future, look down the list and see how many dependable friends you can find. Yet we are still giving away more billions — billions we haven’t got, billions we have to borrow (and pay interest on) to
give avay billions we desperately need at home. Here are your gifts. What has it all accomplished? Albania . . . $ 20,400,000 Austria . . . 1,198,000,000 Belgium- Luxembourg . 2,004,900,000 Czechoslova kia 193,000,000 Denmark . . . 920,500,000 East Germany . 800,000 Finland . . . 134,400,000 France . . . . Germany (Federal Republic) . . 4,997,400,000 Berlin . . . . 131,900,000 Hungary . . . 31,500,000 Iceland . . . 84,000,000 Ireland . . . 146,500,000 Italy . . . . 6,092,900,000 Malta . . . . 6,100,000 Netherlands . . 2,470,400,000 Norway . . . 1,236,000,000 Poland . . . . 554,500,000 Portugal . . . 519,100,000 Spain . . . . 2,004,300,000 Sweden . . . 109,000,000 United Kingdom 9,044,900,000 U.S.S.R. . . . 186,400,000 Yugoslavia . . 2,863,900,000 Europe Regional 2,735,000,000 Australia . . . 275,300,000 New Zealand 27,700,000 Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands 125,400,000 British Solomon Islands . . . 400,000 Tonga Island 300,000 Canada . . . 36,300,000 Vietnam . . . 4,590,100,000 Burma . . . . 100,600,000 Cambodia . . . 341,100,000 China (Republic of) 4,899,500,000 Hong Kong . . 41,900,000 Indochina, Undistributed 1,535,200,000 Indonesia . . . 834,600,000 Japan . . . . 3,972,900,000 Korea . . . . 6,676,700,000 Laos . . . . 473,400,000 Malaysia . . . 47,500,000 Philippines . . 1,925,000,000 Ryukyu Islands 340,600,000 Thailand . . . 1,089,200,000 East Asia Regional 731,800,000 Afghanistan . . . 346,400,000 C e y lo n ................... 101,500,000 C yp ru s................... 19,300,000 G re e ce ................... 3,749,400,000 India ................... 6,769,200,000 I r a n ........................ 1,752,000,000 Iraq . ................... 102,700,000 Israel . . . . . 1,104,500,000 J o rd a n ................... 572,800,000 Lebanon . . . . 87,900,000 N e p a l ................... 97,800,000 Pakistan . . . . 3,079,800,000 Saudi Arabia . . 209,100,000 Syrian Arab Republic . . . 73,300,000 Turkey . . . . 5,039,800,000 United Arab Republic (Egypt) 1,133,300,000 Y em e n ................... 41,800,000 Central Treaty Organization . . 52,800,000 Near East and South Asia Regional 1,082,300,000 Argentina . . . 758,600,000 B o liv ia ................... 460,600,000 B r a z i l ................... 3,185,700,000 British Honduras . 4,400,000 C h i l e ................... 1,242,200,000 Colombia . . . . 834,800,000 Costa Rica . . . 149,000,000 C u b a ................... 52,100,000 Dominican Republic 320,100,000 Ecuador . . . . 279.600,000 El Salvador . . . 108,100,000 Guatemala . . . 209,200,000 Guyana . . . . 24,400,000 H aiti........................ 108,800,000 Honduras . . . . 88,500,000 Jamaica . . . . 44,300,000 M e x ic o ................... 1,068,200,000 Nicaragua . . . 133,100,000 Panama . . . . 173,000,000 Paraguay . . . . 106,200,000 P e r u ........................ 678,900,000 Surinam . . . . 10,100,000 Trinidad and Tobago 52,200,000 Uruguay . . . . 119,400,000 Venezuela . . . 392,200,000 Other West Indies 3,700,000 Regional . . . . 83,100,000 Latin America Regional . . . 997,600,000
Algeria
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179,400,000 7,400,000 6,700,000 27,200,000 3,500,000 5,500,000 2,200,000 351,000,000 9,700,000 317,500.000 5,800,000 600,000 174,800,000 75,700,000 28,800,000 57,200,000 1,100.000 241,600,000 220,000,000 9,600,000 11,800,000 18,700,000 3,000,000 584,100,000 10,600,000 190,300.000 5,500,000 21,500,000 32,500,000 52,200,000 150,600,000 7,000,000 108,400,000 50,000,000 12,000,000 487,900,000 21,000,000 6.800,000
Botswana . . . . Burundi ’ . . . . Cameroon . . . Central African Republic . . . C h a d ................... Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Dahomey . . . . Ethiopia . . . . Gabon .................... Gambia . . . . Ghana . . . . . G u in ea ................... Ivory Coast . . . Kenya ................... Lesotho . . . Liberia . . . . . Libya ................... Malagasy Republic M alaw i................... Mali, Republic of . Mauritania . Morocco . . Niger . . . . . Nigeria . . . . Rwanda . . . . Senegal . . . . Sierra Leone . . Somali Republic . Republic of . , Southern Rhodesia Sudan ................... Tanzania . . . . T o g o ................... Tunisia . . . . Uganda . . . . Upper Volta . . . Zambia . . . .
•South Africa
36,100,000 East Africa Regional 18,400,000 Regional USAID/ Africa 1,300,000 Africa Regional 76,000.000 Non-Regional — T o ta l................... 6,462,800,000 Total, all countries $122,358,500,000 Source: Agency for International Development *Subsequently repaid with interest
As we said the last time we published such a list — any sane American can write his own editorial on this subject. Or obituary.
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