Mr. Sullivan is Coordinator of Information, U.S. House of Representatives.
Total foreign aid outlays by the U.S. Treasury since World War II add up to $78.5 billion, through March 31, 1960.
The current recapitulation, from a tabulation by the Office of Business Economics, Department of Commerce, includes military assistance, economic aid, all government credits, plus all surplus farm products delivered abroad for blocked currencies. Not included are U.S. military payrolls overseas nor the direct U.S. administration costs of some thirty different foreign aid programs under direct U.S. supervision and control.
The fifteen-year breakdown, by types of aid:
Economic assistance $47.9 billion
Military assistance 25.8 “
Capital subscriptions (International credit agencies) 4.8 “
Total $78.5 “
The table below shows the combined total to each of the principal nations assisted by the various U.S. programs:
U.S. FOREIGN AID
(October 1945 through March 31, 1960)
|
Country |
Millions |
|
France |
$9,709 |
|
United Kingdom |
7,722 |
|
Italy |
4,834 |
|
Germany |
4,584 |
|
Formosa |
4,381 |
|
Korea |
3,755 |
|
Japan |
3,178 |
|
Greece |
2,739 |
|
Netherlands |
2091 |
|
Yugoslavia |
2026 |
|
Belgium-Luxembourg |
1867 |
|
Vietnam |
1572 |
|
India |
1386 |
|
Philippines |
1189 |
|
Austria |
1092 |
|
Spain |
980 |
|
Norway |
892 |
|
Indo-China |
821 |
|
Iran |
813 |
|
Brazil |
782 |
|
Pakistan |
778 |
|
Denmark |
719 |
|
Poland |
654 |
|
Israel |
596 |
|
Thailand |
480 |
|
U.S.S.R. |
423 |
|
Indonesia |
408 |
|
Portugal |
368 |
|
Mexico |
321 |
|
Laos |
261 |
|
Peru |
257 |
|
|
237 |
|
Argentina |
229 |
|
Cambodia |
228 |
|
Chile |
228 |
|
Egypt |
208 |
|
Colombia |
202 |
|
Jordan |
194 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
191 |
|
Bolivia |
181 |
|
Ireland |
142 |
|
Libya |
113 |
|
Morocco |
106 |
|
Sweden |
105 |
|
Afghanistan |
98 |
|
Guatemala |
94 |
|
Finland |
87 |
|
Tunisia |
77 |
|
Lebanon |
70 |
|
Iraq |
69 |
|
Ethiopia |
64 |
|
Burma |
64 |
|
Ecuador |
63 |
|
Haiti |
60 |
|
Iceland |
54 |
|
Cuba |
53 |
|
|
52 |
|
Liberia |
52 |
|
Ceylon |
52 |
|
Costa Rica |
47 |
|
Uruguay |
40 |
|
Panama |
32 |
|
Rhodesia |
32 |
|
Paraguay |
278 |
|
Hungary |
27 |
|
Nicaragua |
24 |
|
Honduras |
22 |
|
Albania |
20 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
18 |
|
Sudan |
17 |
|
East Germany |
17 |
|
Nepal |
17 |
|
New Zealand |
12 |
|
El Salvador |
9 |
|
Dominican Republic |
8 |
|
Venezuela |
7 |
|
Yemen |
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
Ghana |
3 |
|
Guinea |
2 |
|
|
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