Category: History - Modern (1750+)

East-West Trade Trends Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (the Battle Act); Fourth Report to Congress, Second Half of 1953

I have the honor to submit herewith the fourth semiannual report on operations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (Battle Act), the administration of which is a part of my responsibilities.

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3. Part 3

This fact and the hefty amounts of trade which were called for in some of the agreements have given many people the impression that a historic increase in the size of East-West...

5. Part 5

Complete embargo would be the conventional answer in military conflict. But to urge complete embargo in the present situation is to ignore the fact that the present trade situat...

4. Part 4

The expansion of Soviet oil sales gave rise to bitter price wars with established oil groups. The bitterness was made more intense by the fact that the Bolsheviks had neglected...

2. Part 2

He made it perfectly plain that, in Kremlin thinking, the breakdown of the "one world market" and the establishment of two rival markets was a tremendous boon to the Communist c...

1. Part 1

I have the honor to submit herewith the fourth semiannual report on operations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (Battle Act), the administration of which...

6. Part 6

The China Association, a British trade organization, said in December: "There is no doubt but that the potentialities have been greatly exaggerated in the public mind, partly as...

8. Part 8

In the field of financial controls, since October 1953, approved gold and bullion dealers have been permitted to import nonresident-owned gold solely for reexport. While in Hong...

7. Part 7

To avoid duplication, this appendix does not include countries which were included in the appendix of previous Battle Act reports and for which there is no substantial new infor...

9. Part 9

Many commodities are subject to special licensing controls under exchange restrictions or emergency regulations. The only exemptions to licensing are goods transitting the colon...

10. Part 10

[In millions of U. S. dollars] --------------+------------------------------------+----------------------- | Exports to world | Exports to Soviet bloc Country +--------+--------...

11. Part 11

[In millions of U. S. dollars] --------------+-----+------+-----+------+------------------------------- |First|Second|First|Second| Country | half| half| half | half | Major ite...