U.S. Food Aid for Poles Announced
President Bush announced Tuesday that the United States will provide up to $50 million in food aid for Poland to help avert shortages in the country as it struggles to reform its government and economy.
Bush, who visited Poland last month, said the food “will assist in alleviating the impact of market price reforms and support continued efforts toward economic and political liberalization.”
He said the new aid “will include, but go far beyond, the 8,000 metric tons of surplus commodities” already targeted for the East Bloc country for fiscal 1990 under the American Aid to Poland Act.
“We intend to provide to Poland supplies of sorghum, corn and butter, subject to the availability of those commodities,” he said.
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