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Cooley loan program, 356 loans in<br />
-2 5 countries have been approved in<br />
the dollar equivalent of nearly $300<br />
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Loans to Private Enterprise the beginning of the Cooley loan program, 356 loans<br />
have been made to private business firms in 25 countries<br />
Section 104(e) provides that title I sales proceeds be in the dollar equivalent of $298.7 million.<br />
made available to the maximum usable extent for loans These loans were made for such varied activities as the<br />
to (1) U.S. firms or their branches, subsidiaries, or affili- production of cement in Bolivia, wire ropes in Colo<strong>mb</strong>ia,<br />
ates for business development and trade expansion in the chemicals and tractor parts in India, paper board in<br />
<strong>foreign</strong> country; or (2) either U.S. firms or firms of that Israel, livestock vitamins in Korea, food products in<br />
country for expanding markets for, and consumption of, Pakistan, jute products in Peru, poultry in the Philip-<br />
U.S. agricultural products abroad. pines, steel in Turkey, and the establishment of a small<br />
The law prohibits loans if they would finance the pro- business investment company in Tunisia.<br />
duction of commodities which would compete with U.S.<br />
sales, here or abroad. Loans are repayable in the <strong>foreign</strong> As of Deceber, 31, 1965, applications were being<br />
currency of the host country. Interest rates are similar accepted for loans in the currencies of Bolivia, China<br />
to those charged for comparable loans in the <strong>foreign</strong> (Taiwan), Congo (Leopoldville), Cyprusa,Ethiopia,<br />
country. Guinea, India, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Korea, Mo-<br />
As of Dece<strong>mb</strong>er 31, 1965, $156.2 million were available rocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia,<br />
for loan. During the reporting period, AID approved Turkey, Ceylon, Greece, and the UAR (Egypt).<br />
38 loans in 13 countries in an amount of <strong>foreign</strong> cur- Approved <strong>foreign</strong> currency loans to private enterprise<br />
rencies equivalent to approximately $35 million. Since appear in tables XII and XIII.<br />
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