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- 4 - allowed to imperil the splendid example of economic recovery al- ready achieved and which will certainly rise to higher levels if given the proper chance to mature. The stability of prices, the balance in the budget and the important expansion in production lead the Turkish Government to believe that the present difficulties are not deep rooted and should not be treated as of a permanent nature. The time lag which has occured last year in Turkey's in- ability to sell abroad her cotton and wheat crops on time due to the unstable prices of the international market is one of the chief causes of the present trend. Another factor is the spur of buying on the part of importers who, having beeh aware of rumors as to the negative attitude which was shown to Turkish demands, were led to believe that trade with the EPU areas would soon be drasti- cally curtailed or de-liberalized. The delay in the timing of American Aid in general and of Special Resources in particular is also having its share in the creation of this adverse psychological momentum. According to the judgement of the T rkish Government, none of these causes would justify the adoption of quantitative im- port restrictions which, if adopted, may harm the financial stability of the country more than they may serve the purpose for which they were designed. These issues are so clear to the Turkish Government that it finds it difficult to understand the reasons why its American friends are denying a helping hand to Turkey at a moment when such aid is especially desirable to relieve her from the present emergency. The Turkish Government is confident that the development of events will prove the soundness of its evaluation of the present si- tuation. It still hopes that Turkey will not be deprived of mutual cooperation and left alone in this emergency, thus being obliged to take by herself all necessary measures to face the situation, in the light of her responsibilities and her commitments.

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