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        "Warren, Avra Milvin, 1893-1957",
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        "Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972",
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    "ocrText": "SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION\n- 2 -\nDENMARK\nAmbassador Draper has commented from Paris that the\nfacts of the case would favor granting an exception to\nDenmark in its delivery of the tanker to the USSR. Draper points out that\na major factor in the Danish refusal to stop delivery of the tanker is the\nprincipal of prior commitment. (It is to be delivered under a 1948 trade\nagreement between the two countries). Moreover, all member countries on\nthe Control Committee on export controls have consistently maintained that\nagreement to control or embargo strategic items did not apply to commitments\nmade prior to such agreement. Although we have urged the members to\nreview their prior commitments with a view to maximum cancellation,\nespecially of \"hard core\" or most strategic items, it is not likely that\ncountries will agree to complete cancellation of such contracts. Draper\nadds that if we withdraw aid to Denmark now, we may, in all probability\nbe obliged (to be entirely consistent and avoid accusations of discrimination)\nto apply similar sanction later to the UK, France or Italy. The effect of\nwithdrawal of aid from any of our major NATO partners would be little less\nthan disastrous, and the NATO was collapse, resulting in a grave threat to\nAmerican security. Ambassador Draper requests that if an exception is\nnevertheless refused in the Danish tanker case we should send him in advance\na general guidance on the line to take with NATO delegations and with the press,\nSECRET SECURITY INFORMA TION"
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