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iat peace is an imprac- 
s going on behind the 
:and what is happening 
ee. The free world is 
tions, there is today a 
ore in history, a closer 
and a greater concern 
das ever existed before, 
look in the free world 
•developed — you will 
r one goal or another, 
rid today, carried over 
f the present. 
; and nations are work- 
nd in many useful and 
e world in future years 
onomic injustices, hun- 
yerty and discontent. 
- such as the Food and 
ion, UNESCO, and the 
any nations to bear on 
¡vorld — those nations 
y industrialized regions 
; lost. They are seeking 
>eople, they are striving 
their citizens, they are 
independence, 
jfforts. Not only is the 
t is needed, but a num- 
through bilateral pro- 
r United States Export- 
:tion and Development, 
ports, industrial plants, 
ipportunity. 
F many kinds are giving 
nent activities, 
re providing nerve and 
bond of friendship and 
nocratic forum for the 
bsolutely essential if we 
we are seeking. 
; is cooperating directly 
aing them in their own 
ley have resources they 
sir people could employ 
for better standards of living and greater prosperity and national security. Of 
course, all nations are more or less underdeveloped, the difference is simply one 
of degree. 
In the vast area of Latin America, Africa, the Near East, South Asia, and 
the Pacific — an area involving a billion people — a tremendous technological 
revolution is shaping up. People are being awakened to the possibilities that the 
Twentieth Century offers them. In this revolution, the Point 4 Program of the 
United States is playing a relatively small part, in terms of money and people, 
but a vital part in terms of the chain reactions being set off here and there. I 
want to mention here that other nations are extending technical and economic 
assistance to their neighbor countries in the world community, too — the Co 
lombo Plan of the British Commonwealth is particularly significant. I do not 
want to leave the impression that the United States is playing a lone role. 
Rather we regard ourselves as partners in a revolutionary movement in which 
most of the people of the free world are taking part. 
Scientists, teachers, nurses, engineers, doctors, county agents-technicians of 
many kinds and of many nations are helping kindle fires. Among people to 
whom every century has been just like the century before it these technicians 
are demonstrating that poverty, illiteracy, disease, and ignorance, are not the 
necessary lot of mankind. They are showing that something can be done about 
these things. They are proving to the people of all countries that they have 
friends and neighbors in other parts of the world who are interested, willing, 
and able to help them deal with their ancient problems in the light of today’s 
knowledge. 
And great things are being done. Many of the governments of under 
developed countries are themselves engaged in ambitious development plans of 
five years, seven years, ten years. They are borrowing from international finan 
cing agencies, investing heavily of their own revenues and resources, encour 
aging private capital investment, and drawing upon the technical services of 
the United Nations and of other countries. Private business is playing a highly 
important role — a partnership role, which will increase in importance as in 
comes begin to rise and diversified development progresses. 
Here and there the movement is slow, but an atmosphere of mutual trust 
and faith is being created which promises unlimited opportunity ahead. 
There is no doubt that photogrammetry is one of the most important of 
the skills that will be needed in opening up the frontiers of development in 
these countries. 
The Point 4 Program itself is making great use of aerial photography in 
those places where maps are needed immediately for work at hand. I am sure 
that we in the Technical Cooperation Administration will make even greater 
use of it in the future. 
You know, for example, that we are engaged with the Government of 
Liberia in an extensive program of aerial photography and airborne magneto- 
metry. This work is providing a basis on which many kinds of development 
work are being blueprinted — forest surveys, soil mapping, hydroelectric works, 
port improvement, minerals development, malaria control, and transportation. 
In Saudi Arabia, aerial photography is being used to locate sources of un 
derground water and develop surface waters which are desperately needed in 
this arid country. Plans for extending the country’s only railroad from Riyadh 
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