Re: US AID?

From: Nathan L. Cutler (library@ssd.anet.cz)
Date: Tue Mar 05 1996 - 07:17:18 PST


On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Cecilia Cleveland wrote:

> Help, I have a professor who received a call in which the party said that
> he or she was with USAID (each letter was pronounced). They want him to
> help out in Armenia. He's not sure whether this is a legit thing or a
> spoof. I looked in Beiber and the Government Manual. Does anyone have
> an idea what this is? Of course, he would like the answer yesterday.
>
> TIA
>
> Cecilia Cleveland internet:ccleve@uga.cc.uga.edu
> University of Georgia bitnet: ccleve@uga
> Law Library phone: 706-542-3825
>
Indeed, I can vouch for the existence of USAID. It is a U.S. federal
government program for helping out developing countries (I think --
correct me if I'm wrong here, everybody). At any rate, it's legit; I've
seen USAID representatives with my own eyes!

And you're right that it is pronounced U-S-A-I-D and not "U.S. Aid".

Nathan L. Cutler
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