365/12–154: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Acting Chairman of the United States Delegation ( Hoover )1
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Unsec 23. For Hoover from Secretary reur Secun 6. Assume you envisage Title one and not grant under Title two relating to famine conditions. On this assumption you could give indications of action for Brazil in terms of about $10,000,000 and Chile of about $6,000,000. If you advise emergency conditions exist in Chile, we would endeavor to get some very quick shipments there.
The larger figures you have in mind raise very serious and complicated problems involving Francis Committee2 and several Departments and while I feel confident the President and all concerned will want to react sympathetically to your recommendations, nevertheless I doubt very much whether any high hopes for additional amounts should be raised pending your return and exploration of situation with other agencies.
- Drafted by Secretary Dulles.↩
- Reference is to the Interagency Committee on Agricultural Surplus Disposal (commonly called the Francis Committee after its Chairman, Clarence Francis), established by President Eisenhower on Sept. 9, 1954. For additional documentation relating to the work of the committee, see volume i .↩