LETTER TO THE HONORABLE EARL L. BUTZ FROM HUBERT H. HUMPHREY HENRY BELLMAN HENRY S. REUSS

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• Publication Date: December 1, 1972
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American says Moscow
Decanter 1, 1972
1 L. But%
of Agriculture
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our congressional Delegation has been ing the Soviet
situation during our visit to ' ccw with a view
our basis for a stating future Soviet
cultural o atpurt and ultimately the potential iiiporte of
American agricultural cam i es. Although the fundamental
problem lies in the restxicti-ro nature of the Soviet s ste --
both in term of withholding information and in limiting travel
of Aa ricen Ebassy personnel - there are same .ra roverae3kts we
make in our effort. Spea~-ficallp, your Office of the
Agricultural Attar in the -Ited States b6assy in `scow
*tj-ht be able to improve its effectiveness if the follwing
steps were 'wren:
Ll
d v+elrs f: If rrequ re mmto on your Attache continue to
multiply, plans for further expansion of the staff should be
considered for future years.
2. Addition -- at theee::crlieat date possible, -- o
Sates ?*, ~ti th agricultural ' ano ti tc a loit Rris t
;ge is , r wig* a# 3ntints with Soviet o fi cial s ~
official and co aairci a l visitors, and perforr nut :
other non-professional tasks a ich now require an inordinate
oa t of the Attaches' tie,. If requiremnts for serving
American agricultural cc arc ial interests expand further
more foreign national a ist once will be required.
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These su,-Zestimv in no way ars intended to suggest criticism
o f ymw current Attaches. On - c o n t r a r y , !tr. G. St
Drams as the Control Officer of our delegation, has been than helpful. Indeed it in clear that the reporting on recem*m
nt
conditions has been at a consistently high level of quality.
Dr. Huth has also been most helpful and informative.
These rec ations are not based on the recent emergency
situat:~,o n in Soviet wheat rev i is. They represent a
prudent aas ss t of needs breed on present and future
requi ts. -pt action is sqMested.
We hope 'e might have the privilege of discussing this and
other matters with you when return.
Sincerely,
t ert ;1. flu phrsy
United States Senator
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Remarks :
Additional pressures brought
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retrieval and Soviet crop estimates.
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