International records / Foreign Relations of the United States

271. Draft Paper, June 22

material, and institutional—to this objective, we should be prepared to organize from our own resources and those of the more advanced nations, systematic long-term assistance programs, controlled by relatively strict criteria. India, Colombia, and Nigeria fall in this small but relatively more advanced group. d. In nations which have experienced an initial sustained surge of growth, but have developed severe problems of structural imbalance—often coming to rest upon their external payments situation, we should be prepared to provide substantial guidance and assistance in order to permit the g…