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Synopsis M, Developments Subsequent to Lisbon, March-June, 1952
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DEVELOPMENTS SUBSEQUENT TO LISBON
March - June 1952
1. The Mutual Security Program
HST requests $7.9
HST asked the Congress on March 6th to authorize the con-
billion for the
tinuance of the Mutual Security Program for the fiscal
Mutual Security
year ending June 30, 1953, one year beyond what was its
Program
scheduled expiration date.
HST divided mutual security expenditures into two major
categories: (1) "assistance in building up the military
strength of friendly nations;" and (2) "economic and tech-
nical assistance, primarily for the underdeveloped areas
of the world.' He further separated military assistance
into two types: " (1) Direct military aid, primarily in
the form of military equipment and components thereof,
and (2) defense support---primarilyin the form of raw
TRUMAND
materials, commodities, and machinery---to
enable
other
*NATIONAL
countries to sustain and increase their military efforts,
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where that type of support produces greater returns in
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military strength than would an equal amount of direct
military aid."
He recommended that $7.9 billion be spent on the mutual
security program during the fiscal year 1953 divided as
follows: Europe, $4.1 billion for direct military ai d
and $1.8 billion for defense support, including economic
assistance for Austria; Near East and Africa, $606 million
for direct military aid and $196 million for economic and
technical aid; Asia and the Pacific, $611 million for
military aid and $408 million for economic and technical
aid; the American republics, $62 million in military aid
and $22 million in economic and technical aid; $30 million
for multilateral technical assistance, migration, and
relief package freight; and $75 million for administration.
HST also outlined the objectives of the program in each
of the broad werld areas for which assistance was planned,
noting especially that "the record abundantly warrants
confidence in our European allies, and our continued
steadfast support of them," particularly in view of their
progress in the face of the severe pressures created by
the rearmament effort. He stated that the funds included
in the mutual security program for European defense support
would yield, "according to the best estimates, more than
twice as much military strength in Europe as would the
same funds spent for the direct transfer of military
equipment from the US. "
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