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International Fairs and Exhibitions
International fairs and exhibitions formerly under
section 104(m) have been incorporated under section
104(f) since funds are made available under a special
foreign currency program appropriation.
Acquisition, Indexing, and Dissemination
of Foreign Publications
Under authority of section 104(n), the Library of
Congress uses excess foreign currencies to acquire publications
abroad for shipment to U.S. libraries. The
Congress authorized the equivalent of $1.7 million to be
used for this purpose during fiscal 1966.
The Library of Congress offices in Cairo, Dacca,
Djakarta, Karachi, Th'ir f New Cr n Delhi, r s and Tel Aviv shipped an
estimated 1.5 million publications to U.S. libraries during
1965, bringing to five million the number of publications
shipped since the beginning of this program in 1961.
Obligations under this authority appear in table
XXVIII.
American Educational Institutions
Section 104(o): No funds have been authorized under
this section. The Department of State assistance to
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TABLE XXVIII.--Obligations for acquisition and distribution of
library materials, sec. 104(n)
Obligations
Country Cumulative
Calendar year October 1961
1965 through
Dec. 31, 1965
Thousand Thousand
dollars dollars
Burma -------------------------------------- 7
India----------------------- 749 2,482
Indonesia------------------- 123 203
Israel ---------------------- 213 358
Pakistan -------------------- - 94 401
United Arab Republic -- - - -167 680
UniedAraRpuic......_67_8
Total----------------- 1,346 4,131
U.S.-sponsored schools abroad has been funded under
the authority of section 104(j).
Chairs and Workshops in
American Studies
The Departuent of State during 1965 obligated
$156,725 equivalent in foreign currencies under section
10 4 (p):
The Library of Congress uses Food
for Peace local currencies to buy
foreign publications abroadfor
distribution to libraries in the United
States. More than 1.5 million
foreign publication 3 reached American
librariesunder this program in
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65-including these carefully
packaged books on the first leg of a
long journeyfrom Karachi, Pakistan.