UNRRA SUPPLIES COST £930,000,000
(Rec. 9 a.m.l LONDON, Juy 16. Unrra shipped 9,928,700 tons of food and clothing to Italy from 1945 until its wind-up, according to an organisation survey. This amount was four times as much as any other country. Greece was next with 2,667,500 tons, and Yugoslavia with 2,424,700 tons. Contributions were based on population and resulted in the United States payirig 73 per cent, of the total cost of £930,000,000. The United Kingdom paid 16 per cent, and Canada 3 per cent.
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Evening Star, Issue 26155, 17 July 1947, Page 7
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85UNRRA SUPPLIES COST £930,000,000 Evening Star, Issue 26155, 17 July 1947, Page 7
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