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80 - 2 - This Government has also during the past three years given China loans and credits aggregating $175,000,000, $50,000,000 of which stands as a stabilization fund. However, the thing which counts most in the field of aid to China is receipt by China of goods--especially arms, munitions and war materials in general. Examination of trade figures brings to view certain very interesting and pertinent facts, as follows: a. During the years 1938-40 the total U.S. exports to China amounted to $168,289,000; to Japan $699,050,000. This indicates that during the three full years of the Japanese-Chinese hostilities this country supplied to Japan approximately four times as much goods as we supplied to China. In the same period U.S. exports of petroleum and petroleum products to Japan amounted to $151,076,000. This indicates that during the period under reference the dollar value of petroleum and petroleum products that we supplied to Japan was almost equal to the total dollar value of all products that we supplied to China. b. In the year 1940 total U.S. exports to China amounted to $77,956,000; to Great Britain (United Kingdom alone) $1,009,600,000. This indicates that during this one full year of Japanese-Chinese hostilities and German- British war, we supplied to Great Britain (the United Kingdom) approximately thirteen times as much goods as we supplied ARCHIVES A "NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE* countrial

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