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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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U.S. Economic and Military Aid, FY 1946-1961 ($ Millions) | |||
Recipient | Total | ||
France | 9,394 | ||
U.K. | 8,639 | ||
Italy | 5,664 | ||
Germany | 4,999 | ||
Korea | 4,958 | ||
Vietnam -- | China | 4,150 | -- 3,588 |
Turkey | 3,484 | ||
Greece | 3,225 | ||
India | 3,115 | ||
Netherlands | 2,449 | ||
U.S. Economic and Military Aid, FY 1961 | |||
India | 669.8 | ||
Korea | 472.2 | ||
Brazil | 328.3 | ||
Turkey | 318.9 | ||
Vietnam | 215.5 | ||
Source: Agency for International Development, U.S. Foreign Assistance, June 1, 1945 - June 30, 1961 (Revised March 21, 1962), 2-4. |
In per-capita assistance, Vietnam also ranked high in comparison with its Asian neighbors.
U.S. Aid, 1960 | |
Recipient | Aid per Inhabitant |
Laos | $17.00 |
Vietnam | 13.70 |
China | 12.50 |
Korea | 8.60 |
India | 1.90 |
Thailand | 1.20 |
Source: Scigliano, op. cit., 112. |
A recent study[1] of U.S. assistance establishes that of all U.S. economic aid programs for less developed countries, 1945 to 1965, Vietnam has been the fifth ranking recipient and the sixth ranking per capita. In the decade 1956 to 1965, Vietnam was the fourth ranking recipient and the fourth per capita.
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- ↑ Kenneth M. Kauffman and Helena Stalson, "U.S. Assistance to Less Developed Countries, 1956-65," Foreign Affairs, Volume 45, No. 4, July 1967, 715 ff.