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When it came to taking direct action in support of the U.S. embargo, however, many U.S. allies proved skittish. Two of the other major grain exporters???Canada and Australia?agreed not to increase their sales to the Soviets, but they would not cancel any existing contracts. The other big exporter, Argentina, refused to cooperate at all with Washington. The West Europeans are not selling grain to the Soviets, but refused to curb their sales of high technology. Said French Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet: "We have no intention of modifying our commercial relations with the U.S.S.R." Added a German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grain Becomes a Weapon | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

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