U.S. ARMS AID 869,505,000 DOLLARS
(Rec. 10.10). WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. The U.S. House of Representatives has approved an overall Foreign Aid Bill, which would also give to Greece, Turkey, Persia, Korea, and Philippines arms aid. This House Bill would give to Greece and Turkey a total of 211,370thousand dollars, as well as another fifty million dollars as already authorised. Persia, Korea and the Philippines would get a total of 27,640 thousand dollars. The only cut made was in the arms for the North Atlantic Treaty partners.. The Bill, as ultimately passed by the House, carries a total foreign aid expenditure of 869,505 thousand dollars.
President Truman had requested a total of 1,450 million dollars.
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Grey River Argus, 20 August 1949, Page 5
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