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THE IMPACT OF KOREA--JULY-SEPTEMBER 1950 -Synopsis F.
Speedy Congressional
Within ten days after the outbreak of war in Korea, on
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July 5th, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved
a measure appropriating funds for the $ 1.2225 billion
military assistAnce program legislation adopted by the
Senate on June 30th. On July 11th the House Foreign
ffairs Committee accepted unanimously the Senate bill
and on the 19th it passed the House by a vote of 361 to 1.
On the 25th HST signed the bill and on Sept. 6th he as-
signed the appropriations bill for the full $ 1.2225 in
arms aid.
Another $ 4
In the meantime, on Lugust lst, HST made public a request
billion requested
for an additional $ 4 billion to be added to the funds
of the military assistance program. Of this sum $ 3.504
billion were scheduled for the North .tlantic area,
$ 193 million for Greece, Turkey, and Iran, and $ 303
million for Southeastern Asia and the Philippines.
HST statement
HST declared that "the security of the free world
requires the US and the other free nations to put forth
a larger effort in a much shorter period of time than
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had originally been contemplated. It is important that
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the Congress make the requested amount available as soon
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as possible. The bulk of this money will be used to
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procure military equipment of the kind which takes
a
long time to produce Speed in getting this production
under way is imperative, if we are to have the equipment
for the expanded forces that are being formed While
it will undoubtedly be necessary for the US to manufacture
the major part of the equipment. a
significant portion
of the arms needed can be produced abroad
It is con-
templated, therefore,
that part of the funds requested
will be used to procure military items and production
equipment and materials abroad, and to provide equipment
and materials, procured in the US or in other countries
for defense production abroad Equipment which is
procured abroad under this program can either be used
within the country which produces it or transferred to
other countries engaged in the common defense (However)
I wish to make it very plain that this equipment will go
forward to other countries only to supplement, and not
to take the place of, their own strong efforts. " In
conclusion HST emphasized that "military power rests on
economic strength" and hence must continue to give
full support to the European Recovery Program. "
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