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odd scientists, engineers, and medical personnel entering the United 

 States from 1953-69 to be on the order of $750 million or $132 million 

 in the fiscal year 1968 alone. He also calculated that the value of those 

 going to the other advanced countries taken altogether might reach or 

 exceed this figure. By taking the $20,000 estimated average educa- 

 tional cost per professional suggested by Dr. Kidd and used by the 

 House Government Ope^^ations Committee, the total figure, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Henderson, would reach or exceed $1 billion for the total 

 inflow from the developing countries to the United States. Former 

 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Harold Howland estimated that 

 the inflow of the nearly 100,000 scientists and engineers constituted 

 "at least $4 billion" in savings to the United States in total educational 

 costs.^^^ 



Henderson observed that costs of educating professionals in the 

 United States are much higher than the conservative estimates given 

 per person. Even putting the cost in the area of $20,000-$4:0,000 during 

 the years concerned, such costs, he noted, would be "on the order of 

 upwards of $2-$3 billion." For 1968 alone, they would be on the order 

 of magnitude of half a billion dollars.^^® 



Tables 26 through 29 provide data that give some impression of the 

 magnitude of estimated educational savings to the United States from 

 immigrant scientists, engineers, physicians, and surgeons entering the 

 country from the LDCs. Again, these tables assume that the incoming 

 immigrants will remain and they are computed on various estimated 

 costs of education in this country. Not included in the computation are 

 costs of primary and secondary education and undergraduate training 

 for FMGs. Their inclusion would add substantially to the saving. In 

 the fiscal years 1971 and 1972, 20,652 scientists and engineers entered 

 from the LDCs at an estimated educational saving to the United States 

 of $749,254,560. The Far East was the largest contributor with 16,420 

 entering at a saving of an estimated $595,717,600. (See Table 26.) The 

 total estimated sa\angs to the United States in educational costs of the 

 32,327 immigrant scientists, engineers, physicians, and surgeons enter- 

 ing the country from the LDCs in the fiscal years 1971 and 1972 

 amounts to $1,718,279,560. (See Table 29.) The Far East was the high- 

 est contributor with its 25,241 entering immigrants ; the total estimated 

 educational savings for the United States is $1,327,860,600. India 

 ranks first among all countries with 10.652 entering, thus saving the 

 United States an estimated $520,027,040 in educational costs. 



K3= Henderson, op. clt., pp. 131-132. 

 6» Ibid. 



