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Would the U.S., he was asked, continue purely relief ECA aid to a Communist or coalition regime in China? Not to an all-Communist government, he said emphatically. But Hoffman said he would recommend aid to a coalition which represented all the people: "If a [Chinese coalition] government were set up that gave the hope that conditions would exist which would permit continuation of free institutions, I think our government would be willing to accept a recommendation of continued...
After all the explanations and qualifications, the official U.S. position shook down to this: 1) Paul Hoffman, as boss of" ECA, had given it as his opinion that the U.S. would continue to give food and other non-military supplies to the Chinese people as long as possible (i.e., until the Communists took over completely, as they have in Mukden, forcing ECA to shut up shop; 2) the State Department, which has made no pronouncement of its political position toward China since the start of the recent Communist military successes, continued to be absolutely...
...billion and up for foreign aid, including $5 billion for ECA in Europe, $1 billion for military lend-lease to Western Europe, $1 billion for aid to Asia...
Schlesinger stressed military aid as absolutely essential to save Europe politically as well as economically. Such aid, he said, must come from the United States, for appropriation of the necessary funds from the ECA budget would weaken the total effectiveness of the program...
...right." In France, Socialists were already telling themselves that it was "a triumph for the international third force," that it would diminish the chances of General Charles de Gaulle returning to power (see FOREIGN NEWS). British Socialists were more cautious, but they thought it meant fewer strings attached to ECA aid. Undeterred by the downfall of other prophets, one prominent Laborite gleefully predicted: "This assures a Labor victory...