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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Eric Johnston
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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Eric Johnston
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980 SECURITY 228 July 18, 1952 MEMORANDUM FOR s/s Mr. Eric Johnston called on the Secretary this afternoon and stated that he was quite concerned regarding a report he had that the Tariff Commission is going to recommend an increase in the duty on Swiss watches. He said that the Swiss have said that if this happens they would not allow the importation of any American motion pictures. He regarded this as potentially a very bad situation and went into a lengthy discourse on the evils of a high tariff policy, remarking that "First it was cheese; now it is Swiss watches; next week it will be something else." The Secretary said that he would look into this matter. Will you please have someone prepare a report on this for us. J K S:JKitchen:mlm DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 10-26-76 CONFIDENTIAL Dept. of State letter, By NLT- Hc. NARS Date 11-28-76 SECURITY INSURANCE