ANGLO-DANISH FOOD TALKS HAVE BROKEN DOWN
London, Jan. 27. Anglo-Danish food talks, which were reported last week to be on the verge of a successful conclusion, have broken down, and the Danes have returned to Copenhagen to consult their Government. The hitch is not over food quantities and prices, which already have been agreed to, but over the types of goods which Britain will supply to Denmark. The Danes want British coal, iron, and steel and machinery, but complain they are being offered such “fancy goods" as gramophone records and musical boxes. They claim the quantities offered by Britain do not approach .Denmark’s minimum requirements. Another obstacle to agreement is a Danish request for part payment in dollars. Reports on the earlier stages of the negotiations indicate the Danes made concessions in their original price demands, and the British negotiators raised their bids in conformity with higher prices now being paid to Dominion suppliers of bacon and dairy products.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 29 January 1948, Page 5
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