LETTER TO DR. EDWARD E. DAVID, JR. FROM HUBERT H. HUMPHERY, HENRY BELLMON, HENRY S. REUSS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000600150022-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 1, 1972
• Content Type: LETTER

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HUBERT H, HUMPHREY
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American Embassy, Moscow
December 1., 1972
Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
Office of Science and Technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20506
As a result of our Congressional Delegation visit here during the
week of November 27 - December 2 inclusive, it is abundantly
clear that the Soviet government as a matter of policy restricts
the timely dissemination of the type of crop information we
normally publicly provide and consider minimally essential.
As the U. S. Congress will be considering prospective Soviet
agricultural purchases from the United States in preparing new
agricultural legislation it is imperative that we move mutually
toward improvement in this area of information. If the United
States farmer can not plan better to meet future Soviet purchases
this potentially beneficial market may lose a good deal of its
attractiveness.
In accordance with the Agreement Between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, signed May 21k, 1972, on Cooperation
in the Field of Science and Technology specific understandings
are now being worked out. We the undersigned members of the
United States Congress recommend inclusion in the Memorandum of
Cooperation on Science and Technology Research in the Field of
Agriculture the following problem area, i.e. improved techniques
for developing technical and statistical systems for crop
reporting on a timely, accurate and reciprocal basis.
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In our meeting with Minister Matskevich this matter was
specifically discussed. It is our understanding that he would
agree to support this if it were included as a specific program
area in the Memorandum of Cooperation.
Yours truly,
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States Senator
Henry Bellmon
United States Senator
Henry S. Reuss
United States Representative
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