U.S. FOREIGN AID

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28937, 3 July 1959, Page 11

U.S. FOREIGN AID

President Warns Against Cuts WASHINGTON, July 1. President Eisenhower today warned against cuts in his 1600 million dollars request for foreign military aid. He said the Joint Chiefs of Staff informed him recently the request "was not only the minimum that we dared to use if we are really concerned about the security of our country,” but that an even larger request may be necessary next year. Mr Eisenhower had been asked at his press conference to comment on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s recommendation that military aid for Asian allies be reduced to 500 million dollars, with greater emphasis on aid to NATO. allies and on economic development The Senate is at present debating the Foreign Aid Bill for 1959-60

The President also said at his press conference:

He did not intend to censor art objects to be shown at the United States exhibition to Moscow later this month.

He was sending Mr Richard Nixon, the Vice-President to Moscow to open the exhibition simply because he was the Vice-President and not to build him up as a presidential candidate in the 1960 elections. Politics aside, social meetings with Russian officials were “a rather pleasant personal experience.”