This huge supply of foodrepresenting the contents of approximately 100 cargo vesselsis enough to supply the population of East Pakistan with an adequate diet of 2.000 calolies per person per day for a period of almost 2 months. even if they had no other source of food. Actually. our assistance will help for a much longer period than that. since a majority of the East Pakistanis are able to continue farming operations and other countries are assisting as well. Another aspect of the Pakistan problem is the feeding of the large number of refugees who have crossed the border into India. Here. too. U.S. food aid is invaluable. Our program in this area is in its early stages. but we have already donated to India 90.000 tons of lice. 50.000 tons of soybean oil. and 15.000 tons of soyfortified bulgur. a highly nutritious wheat product. as well as substantial quantities of blended foods. such as comsoyamilk. The total value of these commodities exceeds $42 million. It is enough food to meet the entire calorie requirements of 9 million refugees for 45 days. Current plans are to furnish about 40 percent of the food needs of the refugees in India for a period of 1 year. There is little doubt that substantially more aid will be needed in Pakistan and India in the months ahead. and the administration is committed to meeting these future needs. just as generously as it is helping today in this great humanitarian effort.
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