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Digitized from Box 9 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 16, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:
I am transmitting herewith, for the advice and consent
of the Senate to acceptance, the Protocol for the Continuation
in Force of the International Coffee Agreement of 1968, as
Extended. This Protocol, which was adopted by the Inter-
national Coffee Council in its Resolution Number 273 of
September 26, 1974, contains no operative economic provisions,
but preserves the structure of the International Coffee
Organization through September 30, 1976, or up to 12 months
beyond that date if the conclusion of a new Coffee Agreement
has progressed to the degree specified in the Protocol.
Without this Protocol, the Coffee Organization would ex-
pire on September 30, 1975. The United States signed the
Protocol at the United Nations Headquarters on January 15,
1975.
The purpose of this extension is to continue the
International Coffee Organization as a source of statistical
information and technical studies on developments in world
coffee markets and as a forum for discussion and eventual
negotiation of a new coffee agreement whenever producing
and consuming countries determine such action would best
serve their common interests. This Protocol will preserve
twelve years of institutional cooperation between seventeen
major consuming countries (of which the U.S. is the largest)
and forty-two producing nations of the developing world who
rely on coffee exports for a significant portion of their
foreign exchange earnings. In 1973, for example, coffee
exports from ten major Latin American producers earned over
$2.5 billion and six Latin American countries obtained more
than 20 percent of their foreign exchange from coffee. In
that same year, the United States imported 37.3 percent of
all coffee in world trade and 39.1 percent of Latin American
coffee exports.
I believe that continued United States participation
in the Coffee Agreement will serve both our foreign policy
and our consumer interests. It will reaffirm our commit-
ment to cooperate with the developing countries on this
matter of vital interest to them. As the largest consuming
nation, it will guarantee us a substantial voice in dis-
cussions and negotiations for a new coffee agreement.
Preliminary work for such negotiations started in early
January 1975. I am hopeful that the constructive spirit
which has characterized the International Coffee Organiza-
tion in the past will enable producing and consuming
countries to again harmonize their interests in a mutually
beneficial accord.
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I am also transmitting, for the information of the
Senate, the report submitted to me by the Department of
State explaining the provisions of the Protocol extending
the International Coffee Agreement of 1968, as Extended,
and providing background on the current state of the world
coffee economy.
I, therefore, recommend that the Senate give early
and favorable consideration to this Protocol and give its
advice and consent to acceptance.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 16, 1975
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