East-West Trade Trends / Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (the Battle Act); Fourth Report to Congress, Second Half of 1953
MUTUAL DEFENSE ASSISTANCE CONTROL ACT OF 1951
(the Battle Act)
FOURTH REPORT TO CONGRESS
Second Half of 1953
To the Congress of the United States :
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.
The period covered is July through December 1953.
A large part of this report is an examination of what the Soviet Union has been doing in its trade relations with the free world. In order to put the Russian activities of the last half of 1953 in a more understandable framework we have ranged back over the last 30 years to show how foreign trade fits into their economy and serves their purposes. To study Soviet trends and tactics is obviously important to the economic defense of the free world. To make a report to the Congress and the public on these matters should also be useful. There has been much public interest in the subject.
United States. Foreign Operations Administration
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letter of transmittal
Emphasis on Heavy Industry
How Forced Industrialization Affects Trade
How the Kremlin Controls Trade
West Has Never Barred Peaceful Exports
Stalin’s Last Gospel
Letting Off Pressure
The “New Economic Courses”
Malenkov’s Big Announcement
Khrushchev and the Livestock Lag
Mikoyan Advertises the Program
Has Stalin Been Overruled?
The New Trade Agreements
More Consumer Goods Ordered
A Shopping Spree for Ships
Most of All, They Want Hard Goods
Something Different in Soviet Exports
They Have Dug Up Manganese
The Emergence of Russian Oil
Gold Sales Expanded
Reaching Outside Europe
The Kremlin and Peace
A Mixture of Motives
Their Objectives Haven’t Changed
Their Practices Haven’t Changed
The Free World Is Strong
The Challenge
The Background
Basic Policy Reaffirmed
The New Direction of Policy
Reviewing the Control Lists
East-West Trade: Road to Peace
Trade Within the Free World
The China Trade Falls Off
They Play by Their Own Rules
United States Policy on the China Trade
Battle Act Functions
The Money and the Manpower
Meshing the Gears
Improving the Machinery
The Termination-of-Aid Provision
Miscellaneous Activities
Summary of the Report
TITLE I—WAR MATERIALS
TITLE II—OTHER MATERIALS
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
