Foreign News: PLAYING BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET

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MARSHAL Tito made a reputation as a successful partisan in World War 11, but it took the cold war to show what a really clever guerrilla like Tito can do. Making the most of his strategic no man's land between the Communist and antiCommunist, worlds, Tito has been able to play one side against the other to the tune of billions of dollars in economic and military aid. Tito's country (pop. 17 million) ranks ninth in population in Europe, but his skillful and blustery balancing act has made Yugoslavia the best-helped country in Europe for its size. The tab, in round numbers:

FROM THE U.S. & ALLIES

UNRRA aid (following World War II) $ 480,000,000 U.S. military aid since break with Stalin (exact figures classified) 1,000,000,000 U.S. economic aid (since 1951) 590,000,000 British and French aid (since 1952) 90,000,000 International Bank loans 58,000,000 Export-Import Bank loans 55,000,000 Loans from Austria, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Belgium 30,000,000 Loans from West Germany 57,100,000 Settlement of claims on West Germany 14,500,000 Extended credits from West Germany 45,000,000 Extended credits from Britain 58,500,000 Loan from Canada (for wheat) 7,000,000 Loan from Japan (forindustrial plant) 5,000,000 TOTAL $2,490,100,000

FROM THE EAST

Soviet gold or foreign exchange $ 30,000,000 Soviet raw materials 54,000,000 Soviet investment credits (reported) 120,000,000 Soviet-Yugoslav barter trade (two-way) 35,000,000 Czechoslovak credit (machinery, consumer goods) 25,000,000 Czechoslovak credit (capital investment goods) 50,000,000 Polish credit (mining, food-processing equipment) 20,000,000 Settlement of claim on Hungary (in negotiation) 130,000,000 TOTAL $464,000,000