Word: notting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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(C) Underdeveloped Nations. I did not say that foreign aid is not important in shaping the future of these countries. On the contrary, I argued for a very greatly expanded program (at least twice the present effort). What I did say pertained to the motivation which should animate us in...
(1) We should not expect military or political alliances in return. (I suppose that is what your correspondent meant when he wrote that I did not think foreign assistance would shape loyalties.
(B) The Question of Compromise. I am not opposed to compromise. It does seem to me, however, that if we announce in advance of any negotiation or any crisis that compromise is an end in itself we will reward extreme positions. This point was really an elaboration of the previous...
(2) We should not justify it on the basis of anti-Communism but on the basis of what we believe in. For this reason, we should feel under no compulsion to match every Soviet economic program but rather carry out those programs which seem dictated by our values and our...
(3) Our impact on the uncommitted depends not only on the level of our economic aid but equally importantly on the dynamism and conviction of our domestic performance. It is with respect to the latter that I said that the present pedantry in the West is not likely to prove...