More than onethird of AIDs scarce overseas manpower is now tied down in Vietnam. Economic aid to Vietnam has tripled since 1965. and it now consumes 22 percent of the economic assistance recommended by the Foreign Affairs Committee. Of the $550 million supporting assistance to Vietnam. only about 15 percent goes for longterm economic development. The rest is related to the war. either directly through refugee aid. pacification and socalled "revolutionary development." or indirectly through emergency stabilization to offset the economic effects of war operations. About 50 percent is intended for economic stabilization. Twothirds of the supporting assistance funds are for EWthWVietndm.