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    "ocrText": "5.\nAs these peoples move toward social, economic, and political\nindependence we must give them all possible aid - material and moral.\nThis we can do through our technical assistance and other mutual aid\nprograms. This country has an abundance of specialized knowledge and\nskills which have been largely responsible for our own enormous\nproductive capacity and our high standard of living. The peoples of\nthe underdeveloped regions need this know-how to exploit their natural\nresources. Such aid can be provided at relatively low cost. To give\nsuch help to the peoples of other lands in improving their lot is\nconsistent with our hunanitarian traditions, It is also clearly\nconsistent with our OW.1 interests, in helping others we help ourselves.\nIt is to our own advantage and to the advantage of the entire free\nworld to help eradicate hunger, sickness, and the general malaise\nfrom the underdeveloped regions.\nCommunists are now actively at work in all these areas\ncapitalizing on misery. They of fer false promises of material, social\nand political benefits as relief from privation and unhappiness. The\nstrong desire of uncerprivileged people to be free from their physical\nwants and their political impotence is unfortunately accompanied by\nneither an understanding of democracy nor of Communism. Since they\ndo not know that in a third of a century Communist control in Russia\nhas done little to improve the material comforts of life while placing\nthe people in political bondage, many are being attracted by the\n!eceptive Communist nostrum for their ills."
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