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   6. At September 30, 1950 prices, and with present-authorizations,
 the stockpile has $2.0 billion worth of materials on hand, $1.5 billion
 worth financed for delivery after fiscal year 1951.
   7. At June 30, 1950 prices, and with present authorizations, the
 stockpile has $1.7 billion worth of materials on hand, $1.3 billion worth
 financed for delivery in fiscal year 1951, and $0.3 billion worth financed
 for delivery after fiscal year 1951.
   [Here follow two tables indicating proposed acquisitions of major
 items from Fiscal Year 1951 through Fiscal Year 1954 and after.]

                           ANNEx No. 5
               THE FOREIGN INFORMATION PROGRAIS14
               (Prepared by the Department of State)
   [Here follow Table A, "The Information and Educational Exchange
 Program," and Table B, "Other State Department Information
 Programs."]
   1. The Task of Information and- Educational Exchange. The
 frustration of the design of the Kremlin will result primarily from
 concrete decisions taken and vigorous measures executed in the politi-
 cal, military and economic fields by the people and the governments
 of the free world under the leadership of the United States. The task
 of the United States foreign information and educational exchange
 programs is to assure that the psychological implications of these
 actions are, first, fully developed and second, effectively conveyed to
 the minds and the emotions of groups and individuals who may im-
 portantly influence governmental action and popular attitudes in other
 nations and among other peoples.,
 2. The Basis of Cooperation and Resistance. Governmental action
 and popular attitudes will be influenced along lines favorable to the
 achievement of United States objectives through recognition of the
 interests shared by the people and the Government of the United
 States and other governments and peoples. The Charter of the United
 Nations reflects these basic interests.
 Recognition of common interests does not require agreement with
 regard to religious practices, cultural traditions, social forms, political
 institutions or economic arrangements. The United States is bound by
 its principles to respect differences between its own internal arrange-
 ments and those of others.
 The United States and other peoples and nations share common
 interests which information and exchange programs can cultivate, in:
 a. National freedom, including both the desire for recognized status
 in international affairs and the desire to maintain characteristic
 indigenous cultures.
 :4 Additional documentation on this subject is scheduled for publication
in
volume IV.


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