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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Ambassador Hume Wrong of Canada
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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Ambassador Hume Wrong of Canada
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285 and 15 SECH January 12, 1950 A Following a meeting with the Department of Agriculture re- garding the admission of Japan and Germany in the International Wheat Agreement, the Secretary called Ambassador Hume Wrong, as had been agreed at that meeting. He stated that if Japan and Germany were admitted, there would be certain quotas of wheat which would have to be allocated to specific countries. He said that Australia was agreeable to the allocation assigned her but that Canada was holding out for an amount considerable in excess of that which we were able to agree to. He explained that this was a rather difficult thing for us to justify here since, in effect, the United States would be paying the bill any way the matter de- veloped. (The exact figures incidental to this negotiation are available in E, if required.) Mr. Acheson said that he was quite concerned about it and that the Department was calling Ambassador Steinhardt and asking him to see Mr. Arnold Heeney of the Department of External Af- fairs in Ottawa. He said that he hoped that Ambassador Wrong would do anything he could to assist in obtaining a more reasonable approach on the part of the Canadian Government. Following this call, I got in touch with Mr. John W. Evans (IR) and asked that he contact the Canadian desk and call Ambassador Steinhardt, asking him to take up the matter with Mr. Heeney. Mr. Evans reported to me on January 13 that this call had been placed. LDB DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) 012-79375 Dept. of State letter, By NLT- HC , NARS Date 6-1-76 create SECHI S LDB:ma