Mr. Sullivan is Coordinator of Information, U.S. House of Representatives.

Total foreign aid outlays by the U.S. Treasury since World War II add up to $78.5 billion, through March 31, 1960.

The current recapitulation, from a tabulation by the Office of Busi­ness Economics, Department of Commerce, includes military assist­ance, economic aid, all government credits, plus all surplus farm prod­ucts delivered abroad for blocked currencies. Not included are U.S. military payrolls overseas nor the direct U.S. administration costs of some thirty different foreign aid programs under direct U.S. super­vision and control.

The fifteen-year breakdown, by types of aid:

Economic assistance                                               $47.9 billion

Military assistance                                                  25.8     “

Capital subscriptions (International credit agencies)      4.8        "

Total                                                                                    $78.5      "

The table below shows the combined total to each of the principal nations assisted by the various U.S. programs:

U.S. FOREIGN AID
(October 1945 through March 31, 1960)