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Moscow recently announced a discovery of diamond deposits in north central Siberia large enough to boost its output thirteenfold by 1965. Though the Siberian deposits seem to be gem stones, and the Communists do not want their women to think that diamonds are a girl's best friend, De Beers feared that the Russians might move into the world market and knock prices down. Quality industrial diamonds is what the Soviets want. Hence the deal: gems for De Beers, which can market them at best prices in the luxury markets of the West, and an assured supply of industrial...
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