East-West Trade Trends: Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (the Battle Act); Fourth Report to Congress, Second Half of 1953United States. Foreign Operations Administration
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East-West Trade Trends: Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (the Battle Act); Fourth Report to Congress, Second Half of 1953
United States. Foreign Operations Administration
Military assistance; Mutual security program, 1951-; United States -- Commercial policy
(including |} | | | | | {| [20] | [21]
Manchuria) |}49,703| 273,400|-----|-----|103,622|120,343{|24,605| 614
Outer | | | | | | {|
Mongolia[23]|} | | | | | {| 3,120| 8,658
North Korea | n.s.s.| n.s.s. |-----|-----| n.s.s.| n.s.s. |------|------
-------------+-------+--------+-----+-----+-------+--------+------+------
[19] Data represent direct shipments only, which in prewar years greatly
understated the trade with central European countries; for a total of
direct and indirect imports of United States merchandise see foreign
country statistics.
[20] Consisted chiefly of strategic materials specifically licensed for
import.
[21] Consisted chiefly of strategic materials specifically licensed
for import in 1952 but not actually imported until 1953, and Chinese
material located in free countries before 1950 and purchased in those
countries by Americans.
[22] United States does not consider Outer Mongolia as a part of
Communist China; traditionally for statistical purposes Outer Mongolia
has been included with China; separate figures for this area have been
compiled by Census only since January 1953. The 1952 breakdown is
estimated.
(X) Less than $500.
n.s.s. Not shown separately.
Source: U. S. Department of Commerce.
Rows of dashes: )----) mean nothing shipped.
APPENDIX C
Text of the Battle Act
=Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 [H. R. 4550], Public Law
213, 82d Congress, 65 Stat. 644, Approved October 26, 1951=
An ACT To provide for the control by the United States and
cooperating foreign nations of exports to any nation or
combination of nations threatening the security of the United
States, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all
countries under its domination, and for other purposes
_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That this Act may be cited as
the "Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951."
TITLE I--WAR MATERIALS
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