FOREIGN IRELATIOS, 1950,0 VOLUME I


the tentative allocation of funds on Point IV operations. He explained
that the proposed division of funds hadbeen drawn up prior to his
arrival in Washington and were based on the possibility of final
approval by the Congress of an -appropriation of $30,000,000 for the
program. He mentioned the following allotments which will be used
in whole or in part in Latin America: $5.5 million for "going JJAA
programs"; $3.7 million for SCC programs and $2 million for Latin
America from- general Point IV funds. There are also contemplated
United States contributions of $10 million to the United Nations and
$750,000 to one million to the Organization of American States for
their respective aid programs.
  Ambassador Waynick indicated that he, had been. somewhat sur-
prised at the amounts proposed for allocation o Latin America. He
said that heis aware from personal experience thatc-.te her American
republics for the -most -part have great aspirations with respect to
Point IV and that they have tended to look at it as an aid program
which-would take into account their needs in somewhat the same way
that E-CA and other large United States programs have aided Europe.
He said that he is convinced that there will be strong disillusionment
in Latin American if no more Point IV money is spent there than is
now.proposed..
  He continued that, speaking frankly, he has found a disposition on
the part of some of the other geographic areas in the Department to
use Point IV money for emergency programs to aid in thwarting
the communist advance, as in southeast Asia. The Ambassador ex-
pressed the view that Point IV is "entirely too small a finger to put
in-that dike." He conceives of Point IV rather as a long-term program
with as much an educational aspect as anything else. He considers
that it must he tnurtured slowly and handled with great care if it is
to fulfill its high-purposes.
   The Ambassador went on to say that, againý speaking frankly,
 it has become apparent to him that many of the people planning Point
 IV operations are impressed primarily with the needs of the Middle
 and Far East -as compared with those of Latin.America. He said that
 the proposed fund allocations would be circulated in the near future
 to the geographic offices for study and comment, and he suggested
 that ARA have no hesitation in speaking out strongly concerning
 the needs of the area. There was discussion on this point, and Mr.
 Miller assured the Ambassador that ARA's views would be made
 known without equivocation.
   There was considerable discussion of the need for centralization of
 operations under a new and expanded aid program. Mr. Miller men-
 tioned some of the current difficulties and duplication,"both in Wash-
 ington and in the field, which arise from having numerous agencies


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