Report Number 703, Submitted by Congressman Laurie C. Battle, Providing for the Control by the United States and Cooperating Foreign Nations of Exports to Any Nation or Combination of Nations Threatening the Security of the United States, Including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and All Countries Under its Domination
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OCR Page 1 of 982D CONGRESS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPORT
1st Session
No. 703
PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL BY THE UNITED STATES AND
COOPERATING FOREIGN NATIONS OF EXPORTS TO ANY NATION
OR COMBINATION OF NATIONS THREATENING THE SECURITY
OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE UNION OF SOVIET
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND ALL COUNTRIES UNDER ITS
DOMINATION
JULY 16, 1951.- -Committed -- to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BATTLE, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the
following
REPORT
[To accompany H. R. 4550]
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill
(H. R. 4550) to provide for the control by the United States and co-
operating foreign nations of exports to any nation or combination of
nations threatening the security of the United States, including the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all countries under its
domination, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
report favorably thereon with amendment and recommend that the
bill do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
On page 5, line 6, strike out the word "Forces", and insert in lieu
thereof the word "Services".
I. THE PROBLEM
The Congress and the American people want to make sure that our
enemies are not assisted in building up their war machine by trade
from the United States and our allies. When we read in the news-
papers that the steamship Flying Cloud under the American flag had
been fired on while attempting to deliver a cargo of war materials to
Communist China; when it was implied over the radio that a west
coast pier was piled high with tires awaiting shipment to the Chinese
mainland to equip the vehicles of the Communist army; when it was
reported that Italian factories which had received Marshall plan
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