Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations for 1980: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - Economic assistance, American |
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