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He will, however, discuss all agrictural relation-
ships with the Foreign Market countries.
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QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, one last question.
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Now that Mr. Gilbert has been appointed head of the office
of special trade representatives when do you get out of
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your role as trade ambassador, so to speak?
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SECRETARY STANS: I don't think I will get out
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of the role as having an interest in the expansion of
trade because the expansion of trade is one of the re-
sponsibilities of the Department of Commerce.
I don't presume that I will be doing any negotiating
in the field of trade because this problem undoubtedly will
be the responsibility of Mr. Gilbert and his office, but he
and I are good friends. We have an understanding as to our.
respective responsibilities and I don't think we are going
to have any difficulty in fulfilling our role here in the
expansion of trade, or his role as a trade negotiator.
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Thank you.
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