ARGENTINE MEAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24971, 14 August 1944, Page 4

ARGENTINE MEAT

EXPORT TRADE THREAT ALLIES MAY STOP BUYING (Reed. 10.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 13 Argentine business and diplomatic circles have been given to nndert stand that the British and American Governments have decided not ? to renew the United Nations meat 3 contract with Argentina after its 1 expiry on September 30, states the ! Buenos Aires correspondent of the • New York Ilerald-Tribune. This is considered to be the most 5 significant decision mado by Britain ; and America since they suspended diplot matic relations with the Farrell Government, because meat is the most ■ important single economic feature in i Argentina's relations with the rest of - the world. ; The large American and British com- > panies in Argentina which handle tho r export of all Argentine meat to the United Nations have boon informed by tho British and American Embassies J that negotiations for a now contract could not possibly be held at present because of the lack of diplomatic rela- ; tions. The contract signed by Britain on I behalf of the United Nations provided for the purchase of all Argentina's exportable meat. This was the biggest con- ' tract ever concluded by Argentina. I In two years, the United Nations , bought 1,200,000 tons of Argentine meat I for soldiers and civilians. 1 : ' i -1 . . j . ' ■ j |