JAPANESE EXPORTS
MACARTHUR'S EXPANSION PLANS WASHINGTON, March 18. The War Department approved a tentative plan submitted by General MacArfhur for revival of a wide variety of Japanese exports ranging from cotton, silk, and rayon goods to shark fins, electric light bulbs, refrigerators, phonographs, bicycles, and radios. Officials explained that with the exception of silk and rayon goods, which were intended for America, the bulk of the exports would be sold in the Orient either bv barter or reciprocal trade. The United States planned to supply Japan with 200,000 bales of raw cotton in 1946. and the figures would he increased to 550,000 hales if sufficient factories were available.
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Evening Star, Issue 25745, 19 March 1946, Page 6
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108JAPANESE EXPORTS Evening Star, Issue 25745, 19 March 1946, Page 6
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