UA12 0578 A BILL TO MAINTAIN THE SECURITY AND 11 August 27 (legislative day, AUGUST 1), 1951.-Ordered to be printed THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, Rhode Island H. ALEXANDER SMITH, New Jersey BRIEN MCMAHON, Connecticut BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR., Massachusetts OWEN BREWSTER, Maine FRANCIS O. WILCOX, Chief of Staff CONTENTS Page 9. Economic assistance to Western Europe_ . C. Title II-Near East and Africa____ 10. Strategic importance of area_ 13. Economic and technical assistance. D. Title III- -Asia and the Pacific. 17. Communist menace to the region. 18. Basic United States policies E. Title IV-American Republics_ F. Administration of the program. 24. Coordination of the program. 25. The Secretary of Defense - 26. Economic Cooperation Administration. AUGUST 27 (legislative day, AUGUST 1), 1951.—Ordered to be printed Mr. CONNALLY, from the Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services jointly, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 5113] To maintain the security and promote the foreign policy and provide for the general welfare of the United States by furnishing assistance to friendly nations in the interest of international peace and security. The joint committee made up of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services, having had under consideration H. R. 5113, the Mutual Security Act of 1951, without objection report the bill favorably to the Senate with an amendment and recommend that it do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of this bill is to authorize funds for United States. military, economic, and technical assistance to certain friendly nations. It brings together in one place virtually all of the foreign assistance to be considered by the Eighty-second Congress, first session. It authorizes not to exceed $7,535,750,000 for all programs, $6,013,000,000 of which is for military aid end items, $1,522,750,000 for economic and technical assistance. The bulk of the funds will be used for programs initiated by the Congress when it passed the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, and the Act for International Development, 1949. In addition, the bill places responsibility for the coordination of the foreign-aid programs in the Executive Office of the President. A. INTRODUCTION 1. COMMITTEE ACTION On May 24, 1951, the President recommended the Mutual Security Program to the Congress as "another vital step along the road to real 1 |