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...trusting cooperation with its allies," said Von Brentano. "It rejects any thought of endangering this infinitely valuable friendship and the support it implies by any hesitancy, inconstancy or lack of frankness. It knows very well that the fate of the German people would be sealed if it tried to barter the confidence and friendship of its allies for the sympathy of the Soviet Union, which has made it plain, at least for the present, that it wants to deny the German people a peaceful future in freedom...
...some Western commentators, among them Walter Lippmann, acted as if Russia was bound, in time, to have its way in West as well as East Germany. The assumption was that once old Konrad Adenauer leaves office, other West Germans would be so keen for reunification that they would barter away their present freedom and prosperity just to be part of a poorer and Communist-dominated Greater Germany. But West Germany's preference for its own way of life is much deeper than one old man's will...
...year, Japanese exports to the U.S. have improved dramatically: $188.3 million for the first six months, against $131.1 million during the same period last year. Nevertheless, Japanese pressure for removal of the embargoes is still strong. In Peking last fortnight a group of Tokyo businessmen signed a $3.6 million barter deal with the Communists, committing themselves to ship a wide assortment of goods that are now banned. In Tokyo another group announced plans to hold a Japanese trade fair in Peking next spring...
Stopgap Plan. All across the prairies, farmers dug into savings for cash to meet their taxes, payments on land and farm machinery. In Sanford, Man., the local credit union closed its books when the outstanding loans reached the legal limit. In Alberta farm towns, barter in livestock began to replace cash sales. In Saskatchewan, idle farmers swamped the National Employment Service with job applications. Last week the government offered a stopgap plan for the government to guarantee bank loans to farmers with stocks of unsalable grain. The scheme disappointed many farmers, who had hoped for straight cash advances on their...
Brazil has about 50 Meteors, obtained in 1952 by barter for 297,000 tons of cotton...