East-West Trade Trends Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (the Battle Act); Fourth Report to Congress, Second Half of 1953

APPENDIX C Table 1. — Free-world trade with Soviet bloc, 1948 through 1953 [In millions of United States dollars] 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 (est.) Free-World exports to: Entire bloc 1,969 1,680 1,545 1,685 1,422 1,350 U.S.S.R. 533 437 301 386 481 410 European satellites 902 919 792 853 672 660 China 534 324 452 446 268 280 Free-World imports from: Entire bloc 2,005 1,788 1,727 1,879 1,608 1 1,580 U.S.S.R. 492 272 252 397 462 380 European satellites 1,026 1,090 940 960 780 766 China 487 426 535 522 366 425 1 Includes $9 million imported by United States from Outer Mongolia. Note. —Figures unadjusted for price changes. China data since 1949 refer, so far as possible, to Mainland (Communist) China including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Source: Official statistics of Free-World Countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce. Table 2. — Exports of principal free-world countries to Soviet bloc, 1951, 1952, and 1953 [In millions of U. S. dollars] Country Exports to world Exports to Soviet bloc 1951 1952 1953 as indicated 1951 1952 1953 as indicated Anglo-Egyp. Sudan 183.5 122.6 Jan.-Dec. 127.5 0.8 0.7 Jan.-Dec. 0.1 Argentina 1,152.3 702.3 Jan.-Aug. 790.4 34.5 12.2 Jan.-Aug. 11.3 Australia 2,047.0 1,716.2 Jan.-Dec. 1,977.2 55.5 8.9 Jan.-Dec. 61.5 Austria 453.8 505.5 Jan.-Dec. 532.9 60.5 64.4 Jan.-Dec. 58.4 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,651.4 2,451.0 Jan.-Dec. 2,259.3 64.4 60.1 Jan.-Dec. 66.1 Brazil 1,757.4 1,408.8 Jan.-Nov. 1,363.7 7.9 6.5 Jan.-Nov. 10.7 Canada 3,608.0 4,396.4 Jan.-Dec. 4,184.8 .9 .6 Jan.-Dec. .5 Ceylon 399.9 315.5 Jan.-Dee. 329.3 8.5 28.9 Jan.-Dec. 51.5 Chile 376.8 461.8 Jan.-Aug. 229.2 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Jan.-Aug. (—) Denmark 838.8 849.1 Jan.-Dec. 893.9 40.0 33.9 Jan.-Dec. 44.3 Finland 2 866.5 717.3 Jan.-Dec. 572.0 148.4 183.5 Jan.-Dec. 179.3 France 4,240.6 4,046.9 Jan.-Dec. 4,019.4 40.5 42.1 Jan.-Dec. 63.3 French Morocco 251.9 273.8 Jan.-Dec. 268.1 3.1 1.5 Jan.-Dec. 1.9 Germany, Fed. Repub. 3,508.3 4,072.4 Jan.-Dec. 4,477.9 103.1 88.2 Jan.-Dec. 139.4 Gold Coast 255.5 241.6 Jan.-Sept. 192.4 9.6 12.0 Jan.-Sept. 8.1 Greece 101.8 119.9 Jan.-Dec. 132.0 .4 .4 Jan.-Dec. 8.3 Hong Kong 775.8 509.8 Jan.-Dec. 478.4 280.7 91.0 Jan.-Dec. 94.6 Iceland 44.6 39.3 Jan.-Dec. 43.4 3.5 2.8 Jan.-Dec. 8.6 India 1,645.8 1,299.3 Jan.-Nov. 1,001.5 30.9 12.7 Jan.-Nov. 9.2 Indonesia 1,230.7 911.1 Jan.-Dec. 819.5 2.3 9.8 Jan.-Dec. 4.5 Iran 590.6 152.4 Jan.-Dec. 125.7 22.6 25.6 Jan.-Dec. 16.6 Ireland 228.0 284.1 Jan.-Dec. 319.2 .1 ( 1 ) Jan.-Dec .4 Israel 44.8 34.2 Jan.-Oct. 47.7 2.1 3 2.1 Jan.-Oct. 1.2 Italy 1,629.3 1,382.8 Jan.-Dec. 1,488.1 65.7 58.7 Jan.-Dec. 62.7 Japan 1,354.5 1,272.9 Jan.-Dec. 1,273.6 5.8 .8 Jan.-Dec. 4.6 Malaya 1,957.1 1,239.7 Jan.-Dec. 951.1 92.9 30.3 Jan.-Dec. 35.5 Mexico 629.7 592.5 Jan.-Sept. 386.0 .6 .5 Jan.-Sept. .2 Netherlands 1,956.1 2,113.4 Jan.-Dec. 2,021.4 40.0 36.4 Jan.-Dec. 60.8 New Zealand 694.8 674.3 Jan.-Dec. 659.7 26.1 10.0 Jan.-Dec. 14.9 Norway 620.0 565.4 Jan.-Dec. 508.6 29.2 30.0 Jan.-Dec. 32.9 Pakistan 749.8 532.5 Jan.-Dec. 438.8 72.6 119.6 Jan.-Dec. 19.8 Portugal 262.9 237.2 Jan.-Dec. 218.8 4.8 7.1 Jan.-Dec. 5.7 Spain 477.7 403.5 Jan.-Oct. 383.9 .4 .3 Jan.-Oct. ( 1 ) Sweden 1,178.5 1,561.1 Jan.-Dec. 1,477.0 126.7 119.0 Jan.-Dec. 69.7 Switzerland 1,082.0 1,100.1 Jan.-Dec. 1,204.3 86.0 60.4 Jan.-Dec. 60.8 Turkey 314.0 362.9 Jan.-Oct. 306.5 24.7 20.3 Jan.-Oct. 22.8 United Kingdom 7,578.3 7,541.5 Jan.-Dec. 7,524.7 119.6 155.7 Jan.-Dec. 92.7 United States 16,602.3 15,176.3 Jan.-Dec. 15,747.4 2.8 1.1 Jan.-Dec. 4.8 1 Less than $50,000. 2 Includes reparations deliveries to U.S.S.R. valued at $53,899,000 in 1951 and $35,719,000 in January-September 1952 when reparation deliveries were terminated. Also includes transfers of “former German assets” to the ceded territory of Janiskoski, valued at $15,000 in 1951. 3 January-September only. (—) None. Note. —Soviet bloc countries are Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Zone of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, U.S.S.R., Outer Mongolia, and China (data as far as possible refer to Mainland China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia). Exports include reexports for the following countries: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Australia, Ceylon, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, United Kingdom, and United States. All other countries exclude reexports. Source: Official trade statistics of listed countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce. Table 3.— Imports of principal free-world countries from the Soviet bloc, 1951, 1952, and 1953 [In millions of U. S. dollars] Country Imports from world Imports from Soviet bloc 1951 1952 1953 as indicated 1951 1952 1953 as indicated Anglo-Egyp. Sudan 120.6 175.3 Jan.-Dec. 145.5 3.5 5.2 Jan.-Dec. 3.6 Argentina 1,360.8 1,178.3 Jan.-Aug. 483.2 38.6 17.1 Jan.-Aug. 9.3 Australia 2,112.5 1,733.8 Jan.-Dec. 1,298.5 37.8 14.7 Jan.-Dec. 10.8 Austria 652.7 653.6 Jan.-Dec. 541.2 72.0 73.6 Jan.-Dec. 60.4 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,544.0 2,460.5 Jan.-Dec. 2,422.6 57.8 37.4 Jan.-Dec. 47.4 Brazil 2,010.6 2,009.5 Jan.-Nov. 1,215.8 10.3 5.9 Jan.-Nov. 8.0 Canada 3,877.1 4,120.3 Jan.-Dec. 4,449.4 8.1 8.7 Jan.-Dec. 6.0 Ceylon 327.3 357.5 Jan.-Dec. 337.6 2.4 8.0 Jan.-Dec. 45.5 Chile 329.1 371.0 Jan.-Aug. 213.7 1.8 .8 Jan.-Aug. 1.2 Denmark 1,012.5 962.1 Jan.-Dec. 1,000.3 70.7 39.2 Jan.-Dec. 40.6 Finland 676.0 791.7 Jan.-Dec. 529.8 108.2 153.5 Jan.-Dec. 182.3 France 4,614.8 4,547.3 Jan.-Dec. 4,166.1 71.1 64.2 Jan.-Dec. 56.9 French Morocco 456.2 515.8 Jan.-Dec. 490.1 15.8 8.6 Jan.-Dec. 13.2 Germany, Federal Republic 3,532.2 3,873.3 Jan.-Dec. 3,877.4 131.8 94.0 Jan.-Dec. 168.0 Gold Coast 177.3 186.4 Jan.-Sept. 143.3 2.2 1.6 Jan.-Sept. 1.5 Greece 398.4 346.3 Jan.-Dec. 294.3 .6 .6 Jan.-Dec. 3.8 Hong Kong 852.3 661.4 Jan.-Dec. 677.7 155.1 146.6 Jan.-Dec. 150.0 Iceland 56.7 55.8 Jan.-Dec. 68.2 3.9 3.7 Jan.-Dec. 6.3 India 1,767.8 1,657.0 Jan.-Nov. 1,100.6 38.4 38.8 Jan.-Nov. 6.0 Indonesia 805.3 924.0 Jan.-Dec. 753.0 6.7 5.3 Jan.-Dec. 6.9 Iran 249.1 165.2 Jan.-Dec. 152.5 23.6 27.4 Jan.-Dec. 18.3 Ireland 572.6 482.2 Jan.-Dec. 513.6 7.8 2.3 Jan.-Dec. 2.7 Israel 343.3 1 280.3 Jan.-Oct. 233.7 10.5 1 4.8 Jan.-Oct. 2.1 Italy 2,118.7 2,313.3 Jan.-Dec. 2,395.1 80.0 86.4 Jan.-Dec. 53.8 Japan 1,940.9 2,028.2 Jan.-Dec. 2,409.5 23.1 17.9 Jan.-Dec. 37.8 Malaya 1,542.1 1,256.9 Jan.-Dec. 1,054.4 46.7 42.5 Jan.-Dec. 40.3 Mexico 783.0 739.2 Jan.-Sept. 539.1 2.1 1.5 Jan.-Sept. .8 Netherlands 2,561.3 2,257.2 Jan.-Dec. 2,354.3 66.9 59.3 Jan.-Dec. 68.6 New Zealand 578.3 644.2 Jan.-Dec. 457.8 2.9 2.3 Jan.-Dec. 1.9 Norway 877.3 872.7 Jan.-Dec. 912.0 29.4 35.3 Jan.-Dec. 43.9 Pakistan 519.9 609.7 Jan.-Dec. 350.2 24.6 8.6 Jan.-Dec. 4.2 Portugal 329.4 346.6 Jan.-Dec. 330.6 1.8 .8 Jan.-Dec. .9 Spain 387.0 518.5 Jan.-Oct. 481.2 .4 .2 Jan.-Oct. ( 2 ) Sweden 1,775.2 1,727.2 Jan.-Dec. 1,577.0 137.0 108.4 Jan.-Dec. 61.4 Switzerland 1,364.4 1,205.9 Jan.-Dec. 1,182.8 57.4 45.4 Jan.-Dec. 50.7 Taiwan 85.8 113.0 Jan.-Dec. 105.8 6.8 9.7 Jan.-Dec. 5.8 Turkey 402.0 555.9 Jan.-Oct. 428.8 20.0 20.6 Jan.-Oct. 22.8 United Kingdom 10,959.8 9,748.2 Jan.-Dec. 9,365.7 287.8 243.3 Jan.-Dec. 235.6 United States 10,967.4 10,716.8 Jan.-Dec. 10,873.7 110.3 67.3 Jan.-Dec. 45.6 1 January-September only. 2 Less than $50,000. Note .—Soviet Bloc countries are Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Zone of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, U.S.S.R., Outer Mongolia, and China (data as far as possible refer to Mainland China including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia). Source: Official trade statistics of listed countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce. Table 4.— Free-world exports to the Soviet bloc, monthly, 1952 and 1953 [In millions of U. S. dollars] Month Total Soviet bloc European Satellites U.S.S.R. China 1952: January 107.8 58.7 39.1 10.0 February 121.4 51.3 48.9 21.2 March 129.2 67.8 53.4 8.0 April 114.8 53.1 40.7 21.0 May 139.4 52.4 52.5 34.5 June 109.4 56.1 30.7 22.6 July 118.0 53.5 39.2 25.3 August 125.4 53.2 39.3 32.9 September 89.5 45.6 23.9 20.0 October 104.6 50.4 34.6 19.6 November 120.4 55.7 40.1 24.6 December 139.3 72.5 38.0 28.8 1953: January 119.3 54.9 25.9 38.5 February 97.1 48.6 23.5 25.0 March 123.9 61.2 33.3 29.4 April 110.9 53.2 26.8 30.9 May 88.4 43.4 25.8 19.2 June 100.9 51.9 27.2 21.8 July 104.4 55.2 30.7 18.5 August 113.2 56.1 37.8 19.3 September 90.3 47.7 30.0 12.6 October 118.4 50.7 46.8 20.9 November 140.3 67.0 50.6 22.5 December 144.4 68.7 53.2 22.2 Note . — Monthly data are preliminary and unrevised. Therefore, they will not add exactly to annual world totals. China data refer, wherever possible, to Mainland (Communist) China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Source: Official trade statistics of the free world, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce. Table 5.— Free world imports from the Soviet bloc, monthly, 1952 and 1953 [In millions of U. S. dollars] Month Total Soviet bloc European Satellites U.S.S.R. China 1952: January 153.8 76.0 43.7 34.1 February 145.2 66.0 45.6 33.6 March 138.5 68.0 44.5 26.0 April 148.3 63.0 53.5 31.8 May 133.4 60.6 47.3 25.5 June 114.0 58.7 35.0 20.3 July 125.0 66.9 28.7 29.4 August 122.1 62.7 30.0 29.4 September 120.6 56.7 31.9 32.0 October 124.0 59.7 35.6 28.7 November 135.3 65.2 35.7 34.4 December 145.7 74.8 30.5 40.4 1953: January 135.4 67.8 30.9 36.1 February 103.2 51.3 16.8 34.3 March 115.8 59.6 19.5 36.2 April 139.9 74.3 24.2 40.2 May 127.6 61.6 25.0 40.5 June 132.0 63.3 29.3 39.2 July 124.6 62.2 29.5 32.6 August 135.3 58.4 44.9 30.5 September 141.3 65.2 37.5 38.1 October 147.2 71.5 40.8 33.7 November 129.7 67.6 34.9 26.8 December 146.2 63.7 44.3 37.3 Note . — Monthly data are preliminary and unrevised. Therefore, they will not add exactly to annual world totals. China data refer, wherever possible, to Mainland (Communist) China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. In 1952 United States statistics included Outer Mongolia with China, where it is shown above. In 1953 United States trade with Outer Mongolia was separately available; it is therefore included in the total bloc column above, but not with China. United States monthly 1953 imports from Outer Mongolia were as follows in thousands of dollars: January, 647; February, 800; March, 517; April 1,185; May, 474; June, 228; July, 287; August, 1,492; September, 526; October, 1,243; November, 357; December, 902. Source: Official trade statistics of the free world, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce. Table 6.— Free-world exports to Communist China, semiannual, 1952 and 1953 [In millions of U. S. dollars] Country First half 1952 Second half 1952 First half 1953 Second half 1953 Major items in 1953 Free world exports, total 112.8 143.7 158.9 1 111.1 Hong Kong 29.1 61.9 63.7 30.9 Medicine, dyestuffs, fertilizers, machinery. Ceylon 12.5 13.5 25.0 25.9 Rubber, coconut oil. West Germany .2 2.6 13.7 11.3 Iron and steel, scientific instruments, electrical machinery. United Kingdom 1.9 10.9 8.7 8.8 Wool tops, mechanical handling equipment, sodium compounds, piece goods, ammonium sulphate, textile machinery. Egypt 2.5 6.4 4.9 5.5 Cotton. Switzerland 2.5 3.5 10.0 5.5 Watches, coal tar dyes, indigo. Finland .1 6.5 1.0 4.4 Paper, cellulose, copper semi-manufactures. Australia .2 .4 1.4 3.9 Greasy wool, wool tops. Pakistan 54.5 29.4 3.6 3.7 Cotton. France .9 2.4 9.7 2.7 Iron and steel, machine tools, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Japan .3 .2 2.3 2.2 Textile machinery, seaweed, superphosphates, medicines. Netherlands ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 2.6 1.3 Ammonium sulphate. Italy 2.1 1.5 3.9 .8 Chemical fertilizer, artificial yarn, woolen blankets. Sweden .2 .4 2.3 .4 Paper and paper manufactures. India 5.2 1.3 2.2 2 .2 Jute bags. Belgium-Luxembourg .3 .3 1.3 .1 Ammonium sulphate and sulfonitrate. Norway ( 4 ) 1.7 .9 ( 4 ) Paper. Other .3 .8 1.7 ( 3 ) 1 Estimate. 2 July-November only. 3 Not available. 4 Less than $50,000. Note. — Totals and Swiss data are adjusted to exclude those watches known to be destined for Hong Kong and Malaya. So far as possible, data refer to Mainland (Communist) China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Source: Official trade statistics of free-world countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce. Table 7.— Free-world imports from Communist China, semiannual, 1952 and 1953 [In millions of U. S. dollars] Country First half 1952 Second half 1952 First half 1953 Second half 1953 Major items in 1953 Free world imports, total 171.2 194.6 226.6 1 198.4 Hong Kong 60.7 84.6 84.9 65.1 Fruits and vegetables, textiles, vegetable oils, pigs and poultry, eggs, plants and seeds. Ceylon .3 6.6 22.1 21.8 Rice. West Germany 8.2 9.4 14.8 18.5 Oilseeds, vegetable oils, eggs. Japan 5.6 9.3 12.6 17.1 Oilseeds, cashmere, wool, raw silk, pulses. United Kingdom 5.0 3.4 12.0 16.8 Eggs, hair, oilseeds. Malaya 21.0 18.5 20.3 14.1 Fruits and vegetable, eggs, plants and seeds, paper and manufactures, animal feeding stuffs. Switzerland 3.5 6.4 8.1 8.0 Oilseeds, raw silk, silk fabrics. France 3.1 2.5 5.2 5.8 Textile yarn and fibers, grains, bristles, casings, essential oils. Netherlands 2.8 2.1 11.8 3.4 Oilseeds. Belgium-Luxembourg 2.5 2.2 4.2 3.1 Oilseeds, vegetable oils. Italy .9 1.2 4.3 3.1 Fats and oils, oilseeds. Taiwan 4.5 5.2 2.9 2.8 Pulses, medicinal substances, vegetables. Norway 1.0 2.2 .8 2.8 Oilseeds, copra, tung oil. French Morocco 4.0 1.5 4.7 2.5 Green tea. Australia 2.3 1.2 1.9 2.4 Inedible animal products, oils, peanuts. Pakistan 1.4 1.2 .8 2.2 Cotton twist and yarn. Indonesia .9 1.0 .7 1.5 Vegetables, plants and seeds, resin. United States 22.6 5.1 .2 .4 Feathers, bristles, furskins, art works and antiques. Canada 1.1 .2 .7 .4 Walnuts and peanuts. Philippines 1.4 1.8 1.3 2 .4 Food, cotton and manufactures, coffee. India 10.2 22.2 1.4 2 .4 Rice. Denmark ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 2.1 (none) Oilseeds, feedstuffs. Indochina 3.3 4.0 4 3.4 ( 5 ) Not available. Burma 2.2 .2 .2 ( 5 ) Garlic, raw silk and yarn, cotton yarn. Other 2.7 2.6 5.2 ( 5 ) 1 Estimate. 2 Figures for the second half of 1953 are incomplete as follows: Philippines, July-November: India, July-November. 3 Less than $50,000. 4 January-May only. 5 Not available. Note .—So far as possible, data refer to Mainland Communist China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Source: Official trade statistics of free world countries, compiled by U. S. Department of commerce. Table 8.— United States trade with the Soviet-bloc countries, 1937, 1948, 1952, and 1953 [In thousands of dollars] Country Exports, including reexports General imports 1 1937 1948 1952 1953 1937 1948 1952 1953 Total Soviet bloc 143,892 396,641 1,097 1,776 206,506 233,482 67,311 45,597 Bloc in Europe 94,189 123,241 1,097 1,776 102,884 113,138 39,586 36,325 Albania 147 344 1 2 137 ---- 52 65 Bulgaria 490 2,086 24 5 1,862 831 275 358 Czechoslovakia 13,233 21,563 75 40 37,183 22,125 1,477 2,262 East Germany n.s.s. n.s.s. 622 1,079 n.s.s. n.s.s. 7,118 6,465 Estonia 1,244 7 ------ ------ 937 ( X ) ------ ------ Hungary 693 8,029 69 2 5,512 1,613 2,913 1,717 Latvia 1,744 1 ------ ------ 767 6 ------ ------ Lithuania 511 115 ------ ------ 1,172 10 1 ------ Poland and Danzig 26,297 55,675 286 622 19,568 1,249 10,247 14,295 Rumania 6,938 7,542 ------ 7 4,978 480 683 372 U.S.S.R. 42,892 27,879 20 19 30,768 86,825 16,818 10,791 bloc in asia China (including Manchuria) } 49,703 273,400 ------ ------ 103,622 120,343 { 2 24,605 3 614 Outer Mongolia 4 3,120 8,658 North Korea n. s. s. n. s. s. ------ ------ n. s. s. n. s. s. ------ ------ 1 Data represent direct shipments only, which in prewar years greatly understated the trade with central European countries; for a total of direct and indirect imports of United States merchandise see foreign country statistics. 2 Consisted chiefly of strategic materials specifically licensed for import. 3 Consisted chiefly of strategic materials specifically licensed for import in 1952 but not actually imported until 1953, and Chinese material located in free countries before 1950 and purchased in those countries by Americans. 4 United States does not consider Outer Mongolia as a part of Communist China; traditionally for statistical purposes Outer Mongolia has been included with China; separate figures for this area have been compiled by Census only since January 1953. The 1952 breakdown is estimated. ( X ) Less than $500. n.s.s. Not shown separately. Source: U. S. Department of Commerce. Rows of dashes:   )----) mean nothing shipped. APPENDIX C Text of the Battle Act Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 [H. R. 4550], Public Law 213, 82d Congress, 65 Stat. 644, Approved October 26, 1951 An ACT To provide for the control by the United States and cooperating foreign nations of exports to any nation or combination of nations threatening the security of the United States, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all countries under its domination, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That this Act may be cited as the “Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951.” TITLE I—WAR MATERIALS Sec . 101. The Congress of the United States, recognizing that in a world threatened by aggression the United States can best preserve and maintain peace by developing maximum national strength and by utilizing all of its resources in cooperation with other free nations, hereby declares it to be the policy of the United States to apply an embargo on the shipment of arms, ammunition, and implements of war, atomic energy materials, petroleum, transportation materials of strategic value, and items of primary strategic significance used in the production of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to any nation or combination of nations threatening the security of the United States, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all countries under its domination, in order to (1) increase the national strength of the United States and of the cooperating nations; (2) impede the ability of nations threatening the security of the United States to conduct military operations; and (3) to assist the people of the nations under the domination of foreign aggressors to reestablish their freedom. It is further declared to be the policy of the United States that no military, economic, or financial assistance shall be supplied to any nation unless it applies an embargo on such shipments to any nation or combination of nations threatening the security of the United States, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all countries under its domination. This Act shall be administered in such a way as to bring about the fullest support for any resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations, supported by the United States, to prevent the shipment of certain commodities to areas under the control of governments engaged in hostilities in defiance of the United Nations. Sec . 102. Responsibility for giving effect to the purposes of this Act shall be vested in the person occupying the senior position authorized by subsection (e) of section 406 of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended, or in any person who may hereafter be charged with principal responsibility for the administration of the provisions of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949. Such person is hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator”. Sec . 103. (a) The Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to determine within thirty days after enactment of this Act after full and complete consideration of the views of the Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce; the Economic Cooperation Administration; and any other appropriate agencies, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, which items are, for the purpose of this Act, arms, ammunition, and implements of war, atomic energy materials, petroleum, transportation materials of strategic value, and those items of primary strategic significance used in the production of arms, ammunition, and implements of war which should be embargoed to effectuate the purposes of this Act: Provided , That such determinations shall be continuously adjusted to current conditions on the basis of investigation and consultation, and that all nations receiving United States military, economic, or financial assistance shall be kept informed of such determinations. (b) All military, economic, or financial assistance to any nation shall, upon the recommendation of the Administrator, be terminated forthwith if such nation after sixty days from the date of a determination under section 103 (a) knowingly permits the shipment to any nation or combination of nations threatening the security of the United States, including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and all countries under its domination, of any item which he has determined under section 103 (a) after a full and complete investigation to be included in any of the following categories: Arms, ammunition, and implements of war, atomic energy materials, petroleum, transportation materials of strategic value, and items of primary strategic significance used in the production of arms, ammunition, and implements of war: Provided , That the President after receiving the advice of the Administrator and after taking into account the contribution of such country to the mutual security of the free world, the importance of such assistance to the security of the United States, the strategic importance of imports received from countries of the Soviet bloc, and the adequacy of such country’s controls over the export to the Soviet bloc of items of strategic importance, may direct the continuance of such assistance to a country which permits shipments of items other than arms, ammunition, implements of war, and atomic energy materials when unusual circumstances indicate that the cessation of aid would clearly be detrimental to the security of the United States: Provided further , That the President shall immediately report any determination made pursuant to the first proviso of this section with reasons therefor to the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the President shall at least once each quarter review all determinations made previously and shall report his conclusions to the foregoing committees of the House and Senate, which reports shall contain an analysis of the trade with the Soviet bloc of countries for which determinations have been made. Sec . 104. Whenever military, economic, or financial assistance has been terminated as provided in this Act, such assistance can be resumed only upon determination by the President that adequate measures have been taken by the nation concerned to assure full compliance with the provisions of this Act. Sec . 105. For the purposes of this Act the term “assistance” does not include activities carried on for the purpose of facilitating the procurement of materials in which the United States is deficient.

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