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Volume #15 - 653. | |
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CHAPTER VII INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS | |
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7 EXPORT OF WHEAT AND OTHER FOOD | |
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DEA/50013-40 |
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High Commissioner in United Kingdom to Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
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TELEGRAM 23 TOP SECRET |
London,
January 4th, 1949 |
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Following for Pearson from Robertson, Begins: Reference my telegram No. 15 of January 4th. 1. I understand that Clutterbuck's instructions have now gone forward as approved by the Cabinet Committee yesterday, and that my last-minute representations, as reported in my telegram under reference, have been ineffective. I have not in fact been shown Clutterbuck's instructions, so cannot confirm my guess that they fall sufficiently far short of meeting our proposals as to make my suggestion that the British themselves raise the possibility of their foregoing some appropriate part of the credit a reasonable or realistic one. This is, of course, a matter of judgement and primarily of their judgement, and they appear to think that their counterproposals do represent a reasonable settlement of the "have regard to" obligation: 2. I was not very happy about the press statement attributed to Strachey this morning, in which he is quoted as being hopeful that a mutually satisfactory agreement on wheat could be announced in a few days, but we for our part have not been above reproach in the matter of interim and unhelpful press statements at your high level, so I did not feel I could press the matter very vigorously with the Commonwealth Relations Office. Ends. | |
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