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accord SECURTS A
MEMOR.ANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Bowles Program of Additional Aid for India
Ambassador Bowles has asked your support for an increase of
(125 million in Fiscal Year 1953 aid for India. This would be
in
addition to the Administration proposal to the Congress of 215
million. (See his telegram to you, No. 4356 from New Delhi, copy
of which is attached.) He is expected to arrive in the United
States on June 3, but pr obably will not be in Washing ton until
June 9.
Ambassador Bowles discussed his program for India with the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee and with a number of members
of Congress in January. He also explained his views fully to
representatives of the Administration at that time.
With global
requirements and United States availabilities in mind, however,
the Administration requested only $115 million for India rather
than the amount of $200 to $250 million then suggested by Bowles.
The Adninistration program included the whole of the technical
assistance and developmental supplies supported by Bowles, but
did not include his proposala for supplying on a grant basi: S sub-
stantial quantities of grain, cotton, and other general commodi ty
imports. The Ambassador was informed that his proposal would be
kept under review.
with respect to the present legislation, the Conference Report
on the Fiscal Year 1953 authorizing legislation outs by 32, percent
the request made for technical assistance for Title III countries,
of which India and Pakistan are the most important. Such a eut
would reduce the India program from $115 million requested to about
$77 million.
the
Ambassador Bowles has continued to urge a request for addition-
al money to provide imports of commodities which will relieve a
8.3
heavy
DECLASSIFIED
STATE DEPT. LTR. 11-14-13
and
Project NLT 83-10
By NLT- HL NARS, 00111-21-13
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