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WEST GERMAN TRADE WITH RUSSIA NIPPED After a long uphill battle. Unite". Slates and Vest German officials believe they have largely stopped the flow of strategic goods to the Communist coun tries. This is an important victory for the West in the economic war with Moscow. Although the United States. Canada and the big West European countries started limiting shipments in 1949. West Germany was virtually an open door for trade with the Soviets as late as^9ol. The Communists , Hum were draining perhaps a half billion dollars a year in strategic mate rials from West Germany. STEEL ALLOCATIONS BRIGHTEN 1953 VIEW The government announced this week a record allocation of structural steel—1.69...000 tons— will be distributed to the nation's builders for the second quarter of 1953. It is the biggest allocation made since the defense mobiliza tion program began more than two years ago "The Defense Production Ad
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