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437. Action Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant ( Rostow ) to President Johnson

his would deprive the new Administration of flexibility later in the year. Tying up even $5 million more from this year’s reduced AID appropriations now would restrict the new Administration’s flexibility in meeting serious unfunded contingencies in Nigeria, the Indus Basin, Dominican Republic, to name a few. On Tex’s idea of splitting our pledge, Charlie points out that moreover this unusual approach would produce this effect: —A $75 million rate for January–June 1969 ($37.5 million), and —A $65 million rate for the last six months of 1969 (32.8 million). Zwick believes we should make a strai…