CANADA-POTATOES-NOV. 23, 1948 Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. HH WRONG The Honourable GEORGE C. MARSHALL, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D. C . The Acting Secretary of State to the CanadianAmbassador NOVEMBER 23, 1948 EXCELLENCY: The Government of the United States appreciates the assurance of the Government of Canada contained in your note no. 538 of November 23, 1948, that the Government of Canada is prepared, contingent upon the receipt of certain assurances from the Government of the United States, to establish the controls outlined therein over the exportation of potatoes from Canada to the United States. In view of the adverse effect which unrestricted imports of Canadian potatoes would have on the potato programs of the United States and the fact that it is anticipated that the Canadian proposal will sub- stantially reduce the quantity of potatoes which would otherwise be imported into the United States, and in the interest of international trade between the United States and Canada and other considera- tions, the United States Government assures the Canadian Government that it will not hereafter impose any quantitative limitations or fees on Canadian potatoes of the 1948 crop imported into the United States under the system of regulating the movement of potatoes to the United States outlined in the Canadian proposal. The Government of the United States also wishes to inform the Canadian Government with respect to that Government's proposal to guarantee a floor price to certain commercial growers in the Maritime Provinces, that in the opinion of the Treasury Department, the opera- tion of such a proposal as outlined by the Canadian Government would not be considered as a payment or bestowal, directly or indirectly, of any bounty or grant upon the manufacture, production, or export of the potatoes concerned and no countervailing duty would, therefore, be levied, under the provisions of Section 303, Tariff Act of 1930, as a result of such operation of the proposal on potatoes imported from Canada. The United States Government agrees that your note under ref- erence, together with this reply, will constitute an agreement on this subject. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. ROBERT A. LOVETr Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America His Excellency HUxME WRONG, Ambassador of Canada. 46 Stat. 687. 19 U. S. C. 1303. 3719 62 STAT.
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