From Washington last week came the first statistics on the much-touted Communist economic offensive.
The big item: of a promised $500 million in economic credits and grants-in-aid the Communists have delivered $23.4 millionbetween 4% and 5% of their promises. The U.S. has sent $37 billion abroad since the war, including $4.3 billion to the Middle East alone.
Other sample comparisons:
India. Since 1950 the U.S. has made outright gifts of about $266 million, plus loans of $272 million; the Communists have contracted to build a 1,000,000-ton-capacity steel plant on an $80 million to $95...
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