BAN ON EXPORTS TO CHINA

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25917, 24 September 1949, Page 7

BAN ON EXPORTS TO CHINA

List Prepared By Britain And U.S. OIL, TRUCKS, AND MACHINE TOOLS (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 10 pirn.) NEW YORK, September 22. Britain and the United States have agreed to ban the export to China of high-grade oils, heavy trucks, aircraft parts, copper wire, telephone and signal equipment, and a long list of machine tools, reports the Washington correspondent of the “New York Herald TYibune.” The controls will be ready for enforcement within four to six weeks. Britain and the United States will urge France, the Netherlands. Belgium, and the Philippines to join this attempt to prevent strategic materials from reaching the new Communist Government. This agreement on the extent of trade with Communist China was reached during British and American discussions last week. The report says that Britain has been under American pressure since February, but baulked at the list of prohibited items first proposed by the United States. The proclamation by the Chinese Communist leader, Mr Mao Tse-tung, will not affect the decision by the State Department of going slow on the issue of recognition of the Communist Government. Recognition will not be given serious consideration until the Chinese Communists can behave better towards Americans. It was said, moreover, that the United States, Britain, and France have agreed to consult each other before granting recognition.