Well. you asked the question "why." Well. of course. as you know. the agency has been under almost continual criticism because there have always been many people that doubt whether the United States should be interested in trying to help people in the poor countries. In recent years. due to the unpopularity of the Vietnamese war and the fact that the AID agency was given an assignment back In 1962 through the Import program of trying to control inflation and do something about providing schools where there hadnt been any or where the schools had been destroyed. and be concerned with feeding the refugees. and all the rest of it (sic). And weve had much washoff from the unpopularity of the Vietnamese war. So each year its been more difficult to get dollars forand I like to separate. of course. economic. or assistance designed to improve the economic status or the social situation of people In the poor countries from military or shortrange political objectives. - Well. it was against that kind of a background that President Nixon came into the
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