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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 8. April 24 1972

Howitzers for breakfast

Howitzers for breakfast

Washington (ZNS) — A new agreement approved this month by the US Department of Agriculture will allow South Vietnam to use all its "Food for Peace" money to purchase armaments instead.

Under previous agreement, the Thieu regime had been allowed to spend 80% of its "Food for Peace" allotment from the United States for military weapons. The remaining 20% was required to be spent on food for the Vietnamese population.

The Agriculture Department's new policy is worth over $23 million annually to the South Vietnamese military.

Under the terms of the Paris "peace" agreements, the United States is forbidden to supply Thieu with additional weapons.

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