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NONMILITARY AID TO VIETNAM
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Brazil

Brazil provided 5,000 sacks of coffee and a substantial quantity of medical supplies.


Costa Rica

This country contributed an ambulance for use by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.


Ecuador

A gift of medical supplies was sent to Vietnam.


Guatemala

Approximately 15,000 doses of typhoid-paratyphoid serum were donated.


Honduras

Honduras contributed medicines and 3,100 pounds of new clothes for Vietnamese refugees. This represented contributions from the people of Honduras to the Red Cross during a campaign in October 1966. It was not until February 1967 that a Honduran Air Force plan completed the mercy flight in what was the first trans-Pacific flight for a Honduran Air Force crew.


Uruguay

A contribution of $21,500 for relief supplies and medicines was donated.


Venezuela

Two civilian doctors were sent to Vietnam, and 500 tons of rice were provided by Venezuela.