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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 665-AUG. 26, 1954

(b) I n addition to the authority and limitations contained in the preceding subsection, the following provisions shall apply to particular areas: (1) I n order to promote an integrated defense of the North Atlantic area and to support concrete measures for political federation, military integration, and economic unification in Europe, equipment and materials of the value programed for fiscal years 1954 and 1955 for nations signing the treaty constituting the European Defense Community shall, pending the coming into force of the treaty, be delivered only to such of these nations as have ratified the treaty, and have joined together in or are developing collective defense programs in a manner satisfactory to the United States as determined by the President. (2) Military assistance furnished to any nation in the Near East, Africa, and South Asia to permit it to participate in the defense of its area shall be furnished only in accordance with plans and arrangements which shall have been found by the President to require the recipient nation to take an important part therein. (3) I n furnishing military assistance in the F a r East and the Pacific and in carrying out the provisions of section 121 of this Act, the President shall give the fullest assistance, as far as possible directly, to the free peoples in that area, including the Associated States of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, in their creation of a joint organization, consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, to establish a program of self-help and mutual cooperation designed to develop their economic and social well-being, to safeguard basic rights and liberties, and to protect their security and independence. (4) Military assistance may be furnished to the other American Republics only in accordance with defense plans which shall have been found by the President to require the recipient nation to participate in missions important to the defense of the Western Hemisphere. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall insure that the value (as determined pursuant to section 545) of equipment, materials, and services heretofore furnished under military assistance programs authorized by Acts repealed by this Act or hereafter furnished pursuant to section 103 (a) to nations or organizations in each of the four areas named in this subsection shall not exceed the total of the funds heretofore made available for military assistance in that area pursuant to Acts repealed by this Act plus the amount herein specified for that area: (1) I n the European area (excluding Greece and Turkey), $617,500,000. (2) I n the Near East (including Greece and Turkey), Africa, and South Asia, $181,200,000. (3) I n the F a r East and the Pacific, $583,600,000. (4) I n the Western Hemisphere, $13,000,000. (d) Whenever the President determines it to be necessary for the purpose of this title, equipment, materials, and services of a value not to exceed 15 per centum of the sum of (1) that portion of the unexpended balances referred to in section 103(a) which was available on June 30, 1954, to furnish assistance in any of the areas named in subsection (c) of this section, and (2) the amount specified in the applicable paragraph of subsection (c) of this section for additional assistance in such area, may be furnished in any other such area or areas, notwithstanding the limitations set forth in subsection (c) of this section. Funds heretofore obligated or programed or hereafter made available solely for the purpose of section 104 (pertaining to infrastructure) shall not be included in the total fixed for each such

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