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NLT-163
CR 10159
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
D/T 240051
state Dept lti
NABS 8-10-72
memo from NL
to NLT 4-12-73
Initials BKZ Date 5/21/74
24 JUNE 1945
PRIORITY
PERSONAL AND TORGEORET
NUMBER 82
TROMINAL 5. III LIBRARY U.S. SERVICE:
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
GOVERNMENT
FROM:
THE PRESIDENT
I HAVE YOUR NUMBER 95. I SHARE THE LATE
PRESIDENT'S GRATITUDE FOR THE CONFIDENCE YOU RE-
POSED IN US WHEN YOU CONTINUED YOUR ARGENTINE
MEAT CONTRACTS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. I RECOGNIZE
OUR OBLIGATION TO USE OUR INFLUENCE IN KEEPING
OTHER BUYERS OUT OF THE ARGENTINE MARKET.
2.
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIND MEAT FOR
FRANCE AND BELGIUM DURING THE THIRD QUARTER. WE
HAVE NO SURPLUS MILITARY STOCKS AS YET, AND SHALL
NOT HAVE SO: LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO FEED GERMAN
PRISONERS. ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED HERE BY
JONES ON THE BASIS OF NO EXPORTS DURING THE THIRD
QUARTER. THESE ALLOCATIONS WERE BASED ON CROWLEY'S
PUBLISHED REPORT TO VINSON AT THE TIME OF LYTTLETON
AND LLEWELLYNS VISIT. SHORTAGES OF MEAT IN OUR
CIVILIAN MARKET HAVE PLACED A SEVERE STRAIN ON OUR
PRICE AND DISTRIBUTION CONTROLS, so THAT DURING THE
PAST TWO MONTHS CIVILIANS IN OUR URBAN CENTERS HAVE
OBTAINED LESS THAN YOUR PER CAPITA CIVILIAN CONSUMP-
TION. FURTHER REDUCTION IN OUR CIVILIAN ALLOCATIONS
AT THIS TIME WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTIES.
3. I DO NOT FEEL THAT WE CAN PROPERLY ALLOCATE
U.S. SERVICE" 5. RECORDS TRUMAN LIBRARY
MEAT TO FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND IGNORE THE REST OF
BOVERN MENT
EUROPE. IF WE CAN FIND ANY MEAT, THERE MUST BE AT
LEAST A SEMBLANCE OF UNIFORMITY IN ITS ALLOCATION.
HOWEVER, IN THE LIGHT OF THE GENUINE NEEDS OF
EUROPE, AND IN THE LIGHT OF OUR DESIRE TO FULFILL
THE LATE PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENTS, I CAN ARRANGE TO
SHIP FIFTY MILLION POUNDS, CARCASS WEIGHT, TO
FRANCE AND BELGIUM IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
4. YOU MAY USE THIS INFORMATION IN ARRANGING YOUR
CONTRACT WITH THE ARGENTINE.
(SIGNED) TRUMAN
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
state Dept lts to
NABS 8-10-72
NL memo to NLT
4-12-73
Initials? BK2 Date: 5/21/14
Adv Starh
Mm Sallmar
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