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Buildings for the U.S. Government
Under the authority of section 104(1), the Department
of State acquires land and buildings, and constructs,
operates, and maintains buildings and other facilities
for use in the conduct of diplomatic and consular affairs
and of related U.S. Government activities. Obligations
for these purposes during 1965 totaled $3.9 million.
Appropriations for the buildings program total $25.6
million for fiscal years 1961 through 1966. Currencies
are available foi this program only in countries where
the supply is excess to normal U.S. Government requirements
for two or more years. This program is
currently active in Burma, Ceylon, Guinea, India,
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Israel, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Tunisia, the United
Arab Republic, and Yugoslavia.
Funds from this source have paid the major portion of
the cost of sites and buildings worth about $23,000,000.
This includes construction of office buildings in Athens,
Brasilia, Karachi, New Delhi, Tel Aviv, and Warsaw.
Major housing projects have been completed in Brasilia,
Calcutta, Karachi, New Delhi, and Tel Aviv. An
office building in Madras, 13 houses in Tel Aviv, and
an ambassador's residence and a staff apartment building
in Warsaw are currently under construction.
Cumulative obligations under this program, by major
type of activity, are shown in table XXVI. Obligations
in 1965 and cumulative obligatiwais by country from the
inception of the program are shown in table XXVII.
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Polish currencies derived
from the sale of P.L. 480
commodities helped to
finance the modern, new U.S.
Embassy in Warsaw. The
State Department in 1965
obligated S3.9 million in
local currencies to purchase
land and to construct and to
maintain official working
and living facilities overseas.