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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1977
+SECONDLY, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AGREED TO INCREASE THE IR DELIVERY AS FROM OCTOBER 1 FROM 24,000 MILLION GALLONS TO 30,000 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR, HE SAID.
+THIS EXTRA 6,000 MILLION GALLONS AT THIS JUNCTURE IS INVALUABLE AND WITHOUT IT THE DANGER OF FURTHER RESTRICTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLE.
+ IT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL FEAT AND A MORE HELPFUL ACTION FOR WHICH WE ARE INDEED GRATEFUL,+ HE SAID,
ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE, HE ADDED, THE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES FROM CHINA WILL ALLOW US TO RELAX THE RESTRICTIONS SOONER THAN WOULD CTHERWISE HAVE BEEN THE CASE ONCE THE RESERVOIRS HAVE BEGUN TO FILL UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
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