Clampdown On U.S. Rhodesian Exports

Press, Issue 30996, 28 February 1966, Page 13

Clampdown On U.S. Rhodesian Exports

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WASHINGTON, February 27.

The United States yesterday announced controls calculated to cut off virtually all American exports to Rhodesia.

The move, introduced by the Commerce Department, required licences to be issued for almost all American shipments to Rhodesia.

The department said that the controls would become effective as soon as detailed regulations had been published in the “Export Bulletin,” a departmental publication, A spokesman said this would be done in the near future, but he was unable to give the exact date. The announcement said America’s decision “was made as one of a series of actions

which the United States Government has taken in the spirit of the United Nations Security Council resolution of November 20, 1965, on Rhodesia.”

Earlier Embargoes

The export clampdown, said to affect virtually all American shipments of importance to the Rhodesian economy, comes after embargoes announced earlier on the exports of arms, military equipment and petroleum. The announcement said that United States exports to Rhodesia in 1964—the latest year for which figures are available—totalled 21 million dollars. The principal goods involved were construction machinery, transport equipment. textiles, paper, and wheat.