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political repercussions that would follow in the United
States if that were to occur.
We also expressed a feeling of concern over
proposals in the Common Market countries to establish a
tobacco growing industry in order to make it unnecessary
to import tobacco from the United States.
There is strong division among the Common Market
countries on these policies and I think we gained con-
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siderable support for our position in discussing these
matters with the various countries.
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The Common Market countries are going through
many of the phases of agricultural adjustments that the
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urged them in every case to learn from the mistakes we had
made in that period of time in agricultural policy.
For one thing, the Common Market countries have
price supports for many commodities without any limitations
whatever on production and without withdrawing any acreage
and this has been obviously unbearable in cost to them.
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As I said, I think my discussions of these subjects
in which Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Palmby participated
as did Harry llouthakker of the Council of Economic Advisers
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had some considerable impact on the European officials in
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