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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 AID TO VIETNAM, 1959
(Thousands of Dollars)
| Amount | % of Project Aid | |
| Food and Agriculture | 2,498 | 6.8 |
| Industry and Mining | 2,042 | 5.5 |
| Transportation | 21,355 | 58.5 |
| Labor | 7 | .2 |
| Health and Sanitation | 1,936 | 5.3 |
| Education | 1,443 | 3.9 |
| Public Administration and Safety | 3,983 | 10.8 |
| Community Development, Social Welfare, Housing | 0 | 0 |
| Technical Support | 2,704 | 7.4 |
| General and Miscellaneous | 486 | 1.3 |
| 36,434 |
Source: Ibid
The predominance of aid to transportation in 1959 was typical of the other years:
TOTAL PROJECT AID, 1955-1961
(Thousands of Dollars)
| Amount | % of Project Aid | |
| Food and Agriculture | 16,622 | 8.9 |
| Industry and Mining | 15,520 | 8.3 |
| Transportation | 75,921 | 40.7 |
| Labor | 76 | --- |
| Health and Sanitation | 16,086 | 8.6 |
| Education | 9,296 | 5.0 |
| Public Administration and Safety | 26,437 | 14.2 |
| Community Development, Social Welfare, Housing | 8,641 | 4.6 |
| Technical Support | 12,260 | 6.6 |
| General and Miscellaneous | 6,045 | 3.2 |
| Total Project Aid | 186,904 |
Source: Ibid
Even these figures conceal a further concentration on security. The "public administration" funds (14% of total) went chiefly to the police and state security services. The "transportation" category supported mainly the road building program, and while roads aided the economy, the routes were chosen for "strategic, military" purposes. For example, General Williams opposed
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