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John F. Kennedy and Foreign Affairs

assistance. Again, the point should be made that U.S. assistance to "needy" countries had as much to do with protecting U.S. political interests abroad, as such assistance had to do with helping underdeveloped countries feed their poor. In addition, the question must be asked, To what extent should the federal government be involved in the expensive business of building empires abroad?

Under Kennedy's 1961 reforms, "Supporting assistance" loans were made to help underdeveloped countries that were sustaining large military establishments or that the U.S. wished to support for primarily political reasons. According to a 1962 Britannica yearbook, "Two-thirds of supporting assistance went to eight countries: South Korea, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Greece. The rest would be divided among fourteen other countries, including Morocco, Yemen, Jordan, and the Somali Republic"

Food, as well as money, continued to go abroad. As the same yearbook cited above states, "During fiscal 1961, the U.S. agreed to sell for foreign currencies products with a market value of nearly $1,800,000,000 and which had cost the U.S. government $2,800,000,000" Other billions of dollars went for other countries' economic development, disaster relief, and fo

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