Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson; the Ambassador, Foreign Minister, and Governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic; Edward G. Miller; Edward G. Cale; and Charles C. Hauch

57603 DEPARTMENT of STATE and is SERVICE* 83764 Memorandum of Conversation DATE: October 19, 1950 SUBJECT: Request for increase of Dominican sugar quota in the United States PARTICIPANTS: The Secretary Sr. Dr. Virgilio DIAZ ORDONEZ, Dominican Foreign Minister Sr. Dr. Luis Francisco Thomen, Dominican Ambassador Dr. Jesu María Troncoso, Governor of the Central Bank CORAKSIXIOX of the Dominican Republic and Head of Dominican Delegation to Torquay Mr. Edward G. Miller, Assistant Secretary, ARA Mr. Edward G. Cale, Deputy Director, Office of Middle American Affairs Mr. Charles C. Hauch, Caribbean Affairs u. s. ,GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 The Dominican Foreign Minister was received at his request. He stated that he had asked for this appoint- ment because of the importance his Government attaches to the problem of marketing Dominican sugar, his country's principal export. He stated that his Government desires to obtain an increase in the quota for Dominican sugar in the United States market, and presented a note setting forth in detail the Dominican Government's position in this regard and the reasons it feels this request is justified. I told the Foreign Minister that we would be glad to look into this matter with representatives whom he might designate. I stated that we were sympathetic to the problem of the Dominican Republic in this connection, but that I knew he appreciated the fact that the basic sugar quotas for each of the several producers supplying the United States market are set by the Congress in the Sugar Act, and that the Act is administered by the Department of Agriculture. I said that in preparation for the next Congressional RESTRICTED DECLASSIFIED E.O. 10501