Word: manzanillo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were destined for Germany via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Last week the Selenga and her cargo were still detained at Hong Kong, when in came the Vladimir Mayakovsky, also under British escort. She had 4,000 tons of U. S. copper and a lot of molybdenite aboard, cleared from Manzanillo on Mexico's west coast and San Pedro, Calif. She, too, was bound for Vladivostok. Her cargo, too, was suspect as contraband for Germany...
...increase: copper, of which $6,083,854 has gone to Russia since Oct. 1. Rerouting imports away from the dangerous Atlantic, Russia now sends ships (her own, Norway's, others') to West Coast ports, where U. S. ships meet them for transshipment. Chief transshipment point: Manzanillo, a small (pop. 3,669), unhealthy Mexican harbor, unnaturally busy, playing host to an unusual number of barnacled Soviet hulks. Kim, having deposited its gold, headed for Manzanillo and a return load last week...