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CIA-RDP79-01203A000200400002-8
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RIFPUB
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S
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2
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December 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
July 10, 2000
Sequence Number:
2
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Publication Date:
November 1, 1952
Content Type:
TELEGRAM
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State Dept. declassification & relea-?(d nstrUCtions`On file
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SECRET SECURJTY INFORMATION
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Si NT DF VI 894, RPTU INFO BRUSSELS UNNUMBERED, 19 t',OEt EXrON LONDON 32, Tlt'POLI 44.
s atement exactly what our policy really is. Yin and DIRGEK
Natl Economy have agreed hold action on pending license requests
until Dept's telegraphic reply received.
M ' . i n i t r y N t \l concimy under renewed pressure from scrap dealers
to &rarit ex rt 1 iccenses for scrap iron and copper scrap to
Cur'tai count,.r1 s or capper to other destinations. Largest
dealer pr()duced Oct 8 iss 1c- Service de Documentation Siderurgique,
steeI I r-f.1,
try, news 1F t ter published by Agence Industrielle et
Luxe(rrni;i w, P:elCus :376 Tre Hague, showing inter alia Belgium-
uXrrturg xT)orts new .l,roaucti-Dn steel to Curtain countries
daring six months "t'Marc.h to August totaling almost 141,000 metric
tons. They argued",if NATO. members permitting such large ship
m~,;nts, why shld GOL injure small Leb merchants selling quantities
of scrap very small by comparison?
Min Natl Economy has been mast, cooperative with Embassy in re-
stricting exports from Leb. Despite fact DNS has never to our
knowledge determined applicability of Battle Act to free zones,
GOL has indicated its willingness to consider restrictions on
movement of strategic ' materi...ls, tbrougb free zone. GOL now
'rpt now) In very difficult position, appealing to Bob for clear
What direct, replies can we giveGOL onfol queries:
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1 How ,have. we justified continuation large-scale economic aid
to Belgium and Luxemburg in view of large steel shipments to
n?bnt portilI/d -.*port to Curtain
of sua l l quant?itlas of poor quality std i!'idd 4009i' bbte biro?
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