Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SECRET
Memorandum of Conversation
277
DATE:
October 12, 1949
SUBJECT:
PARTICIPANTS: Secretary Acheson
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Prime Minister Nehru
RECORDS AND
REQUICE
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COPIES TO:
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The Prime Minister returned to my house with me at 10:30
after dinner and talked with me until 1:00 I invited
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him to express his views on any matter on which he wished to do
soand to feel the greatest freedom to tell me about any situation
in which he felt that action of the Department had been mistaken
or unhelpful.
Wheat Stockpile
The Prime Minister told me of his desire to have a stockpile
of one million tons of wheat. This was necessary to assure the
food supply and to reduce the price of wheat which he hoped to
reduce by approximately 10%. This was a key commodity, the
price of which controlled other prices in India. Although the agri-
cultural interests had had a difficult time for many years, he
thought in the recent past they had done well and could stand this
reduction in price. Other classes of the population were suffering
and this price adjustment was essential for their welfare. The
matter had been discussed by some of his officials with some of
ours. He understood that the matter would require legislation.
I said that we were working on it and would be glad to intensify
our efforts since I understood that this was a matter of primary
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E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letters 3-23-35 BLUILL
By NLT- Heir NARS Date 4-26-16
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