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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.
Your report of my speech at the Ford Hall Forum is a disheartening experience. In the limited space available to me, let me mention three points in which your correspondent completely misunderstood what I said:
(A) Summit Meetings. I do not oppose summit meetings as such. Indeed, I have always believed that we should not permit ourselves to be placed in the position of opposing a conference at any level, including the summit. My major point was that a summit conference is useless unless we...
(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...