Under the heading of relief and emergency. an additional $42 million was spent. Of this amount $1.6 milion was for flood relief. $1.2 million was for the purchase of Burmese rice (see report on Burma) and $39.2 million consisted of foodstuffs sent under title II of Public Law 480. including the cost of transportation. Many refugees are temporarily housed in Karachi and the vast majority of them must struggle to merely exist. The market places here were filthy. It was a common sight to see poor people picking over garbage for food and fighting off crows and vultures for whatever tidbits might be present. The refugee problem is caused by displaced Moslems moving into Pakistan from India. Unfortunately. the converse is true since many Hindus are leaving Pakistan for India. The situation reemphasizes. in my opinion. that the partitioning of India was a tragic mistake.
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