Y4. A HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 12619 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MUTUAL SECURITY AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1961, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 12619 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MUTUAL SECURITY 53708 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1960 MUTUAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1961 FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1960 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, U.S. SENATE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a.m., in room F−37, the Capitol, Hon. Carl Hayden (chairman) presiding. Present: Chairman Hayden, Senators Chavez, Ellender, Robertson, Stennis, Kefauver, Bridges, Saltonstall, Mundt, Smith, Dworshak, and Allott. Also present: Senator Thurmond. MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM MILITARY ASSISTANCE-NATO STATEMENT OF GEN. LAURIS NORSTAD, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, EUROPE; ACCOMPANIED BY MAJ. GEN. A. P. O'MEARA, EUCOM; LT. COL. R. H. SIMPSON, EUCOM; BRIG. GEN. FREDERIC H. MILLER, USAF, DIRECTOR, EUROPEAN REGION, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS; ADM. E. B. GRANTHAM, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR, NEAR EAST, SOUTH ASIA, AND AFRICA REGION, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS; COL. VICTOR H. KING, USAF, DEFENSE COORDINATOR OF CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATION, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE, ISA; JOHN E. MURPHY, INSPECTOR GENERAL AND COMPTROLLER, MUTUAL SECURITY; AND M. RICHARD BARNEBEY, PRESENTATIONS OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR FOR MUTUAL SECURITY GENERAL STATEMENT Chairman HAYDEN. The committee will be in order. The committee is pleased to have as its witness this morning Gen. Lauris Norstad, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. The budget estimate for the Mutual Security Program for fiscal year 1961 is in the amount of $4,175 million. The military assistance portion of this amount is $2 billion. The amount requested for next fiscal year for military assistance, $2 billion, is $700 million in excess of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year 1960. We will be pleased to hear from you. General NORSTAD. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 1 |