HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 9853 A BILL TO PROMOTE THE FOREIGN POLICY ASSISTANCE TO YUGOSLAVIA 76048 NOVEMBER 29 AND 30, 1950 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1950 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOHN KEE, West Virginia, Chairman JAMES P. RICHARDS, South Carolina MIKE MANSFIELD, Montana THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania LAURIE C. BATTLE, Alabama GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida A. S. J. CARNAHAN, Missouri CHARLES A. EATON, New Jersey FRANCES P. BOLTON, Ohio LAWRENCE H. SMITH, Wisconsin CHESTER E. MERROW, New Hampshire WALTER H. JUDD, Minnesota JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania JOHN DAVIS LODGE, Connecticut BOYD CRAWFORD, Staff Administrator WINIFRED OSBORNE, Staff Assistant DORIS LEONE, Staff Assistant MABEL WOFFORD, Staff Assistant MARY G. CHACE, Staff Assistant CONTENTS Allen, Hon. George V., United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia, text of wire to State Department from, concerning distribution of foodstuffs Andrews, Mr. Stanley, Director, Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, Department of Agriculture, statement by---- Boss, Mr. Charles F., Jr., executive secretary, Commission on World Peace of the Methodist Church, letter to Hon. John Kee from, submitting state- ment on aid to Yugoslavia.......... Bradley, Gen. Omar N., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, statement by---- Haggerty, Mr. John J., United States agricultural attaché, United States Page New York Herald Tribune, article from, entitled "Tito Aid Calls Moscow 75 New York Times, article from, entitled "Yugoslavs Slash at Soviet Policy- Sharpness of Recent Attacks Surprises Observers-Vishinsky a Target"- Perkins, Hon. George, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, 13 195 Trigg, Mr. Ralph S., President, Commodity Credit Corporation, statement MEMORANDA SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Of United States emergency relief assistance through international Foodstuffs, percentage of, to be distributed among civilian population and armed forces of Yugoslavia, memorandum on---- MDAP appropriations, reasons for not requesting authority to reimburse, Breakdown of Yugoslavia-aid program in terms of commodities in stock Yugoslavia: Export of strategic materials, 1947-49 and January to III YUGOSLAV EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1950 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1950 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10:30 a. m., Hon. James P. Richards, acting chairman, presiding. Mr. RICHARDS. The committee will please be in order. We shall continue hearings on the proposed Yugoslavia Emergency Aid Act. We have with us again today Mr. Perkins, the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Before the Secretary begins his testimony, I should like to put in the record at this point a statement by the Department of Defense concerning the Yugoslav emergency food assistance program. It will be printed at the proper place in the record, if there is no objection. (See p. 35.) Mr. Perkins, we are glad to have you with us again this morning, and you may continue with your testimony in your own way. STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE PERKINS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY RANDOLPH HIGGS, GEORGE TRUESDELL, AND MICHAEL CARDOZO Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Chairman, I should like to make an initial statement, if I may. A situation has arisen in Yugoslavia which is of such importance to the United States and to world peace and security that the Congress is being asked to take emergency action to meet it. That country has been hit by one of the worst droughts in its history. The American people have a tradition of sympathy and generous action when other peoples are stricken with such disasters. Here, moreover, the humanitarian appeal is reinforced by the hard factor of national interest. The hunger and extreme privation with which the Yugoslav people are faced in the coming winter months could seriously weaken their ability to defend the independence of their country against Soviet attempts to destroy it, and consequently represent a danger to peace and stability in that part of Europe. The interests of the United States, together with those of our allies in western Europe, are directly involved. The Soviet threat to destroy the independence of Yugoslavia is a threat to the security of the North Atlantic Treaty countries and of Greece and Turkey. In our recent consultations with the North Atlantic Treaty governments concerning the extension of food aid under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act, they all agreed that the maintenance of Yugoslavia's ability to defend itself was vital to the security of the North Atlantic |