CONGRESSIONAL R ECORD - EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

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• Publication Date: September 15, 1971
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September 15, 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ---Exicusio;is
ica that now exists in many countries. We
will also urge that such a system eliminate
the inequitable "reverse preferences" that
now discriminate against Western, hemis-
phere countries.
The President was certainly correct
when he said that--
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united .Stater> trade policies of ten have a
very heavy impact on our neig,hbors.
As an example, Mexico imported
$1,565 billion woi:th of American goods,
mostly 'manufactured items; last year.
The United States imported $833 minion.
worth of Mexican goods, resulting in a
Plus U.S. trade balance of $832 million,
, Mexico, like most of the developing
nations in Latin America is striving to
build its manufacturing capabilities in
'order to create jobs and raise its GNP.
President Nixon has not only
broken his promise to "press for a
liberal system of generalized tafiff prefer-
ences for all developing countries, in-
cluding Latin America," but he has
slapped Mexico and our other neighbors
with a surcharge of 10 percent on their
exports to the United States.
Surely the President 'was correct when
he said during the economic package an-
: nouneement, that the "temporary" sur-
charge was aimed at trading nations
with under-valued currencies. Given
that, why did he break his promises to
our de'volopinga neighbors and levy pre-
- eisely the- same surcharge against them
as he applied to the developed nations?
? But the levying of the surcharge was
not the only b'roken promise, In order
to increase the drama involved ,,en an-
nouncing such a comprehensive econom-
ic package, President Nixon broke his
express *promise to have "advance con-
isultation on trade matters" which he
made in the Inter-American Press As-
sociation speech. -
In a speech delivered yesterday before
the U.S. Governors Conference in San
Juan, P.R., OAS Secretary General Gale
Plaza stated:
The now economic policy announced by the
the United States Government last month
Baa, 'understandably, not been well received
In Latin America. The surcharge on imports
ceenis to undercut both the general U.S..
commitment toward freer trade and the
specific U.S. commitment to. help Latin
America expand and diversify its -exports.
I find Secretary General Galo Plaza
to be most diplomatic indeed. He might
have stated simply: "President Nixon
lied to us."
? I would. remind President Nixon and
the Members of tins body. of one or two
economic facts of life: .
First. Latin America is the only major
world area in which the United States
maintains a favorable trade balaiacc,.
Second. That favorable trade balance
amounted to $790 million last year,
Third, The United States exported al-
most $5 billion worth of goods to Latin
America in 1969.
Fourth. The old clays when the Latin
Amerl'ean, nations had nowhere else to
go for their imports are over. 'West Ger-
many, Japan, France, Great Britain, and.
even the Soviet Union are accelerating
their exports to Latin American nations.
As an example, in a recent, closed Sf.SS1.011
of the Foreign Relations Committee, in
one of the houses of the Brazilian Con-
gress, tb.e Foreign Minister of Brazil
stated that, last year, for the first tone in
its history, Brazil traded. more with the
Common Market nations than it did with
the United States.
This morning the Washington Post
published an editorial which is very ger-
mane to the subject of the impact of the
10-percent import surtax on our south-
ern neighbors. The editorial entitled,
"Who Pays the Tam-iii?" follows:
wno WANTS THE TATork'l
In the current pushin,g and shoving arnong
the world's great tra.ding nations, a lot of
small countries are getting hurt. Latin
America illustrates the point. The united
States did not really intend to harm the Latin
economies last month when it imposed its
10 per cent surtax on imports. The truth
Is that the White House and the Treasury
were. not thinking shout Latin America at all.
But intentional or not, the damage is real
and the consequences are going to be son-
oils.President Nixon worked. Out his economic
program with the advice of a spe'cial 'com-
mittee of able. and experienced citizens,
headed by Albert Villiams, whose report has
now been published. But In the matter of
tariffs the President overrode this committee,
which urged him to move toward removal
of all harriers to International trade. The
Williams committee is right on this issue,
and the President is wrong. The evidence is
already visible to the south,
The Latin Ainericans protest, with good
logic, that It LI unjurit to rnake them pay a
surtax designed tO remedy a. trade crisis. 13.'t
which they played no part. Latin America has
traditionally bought more. from the United
'States than it sells here. The Latins. are not
the people to see about revaluing the yen
and the D,.n.aselicrn riK. But the United States
meets all objectioas with a shrug and the
observation that it can't start making ex-
ceptions now.
Mr. Nixon attempted this week to placate
the Latins with the decision that, for them
alone, he v.-oulcl cancel the 10 per cent re-
duction in foreign aid; it had originally been
part of the program announced a month ego,
with the surtax. But the countries getting
the most aid are Itot those hardest hit by the
surtax.
The extreme examples are Mexico and
Brazil. Mexico does more business -with the
United StateS than any other 'country in
Latin America and will be more severely
damaged by the surtax than any other. But
Mexico takes 110 direct aid from the United
States. On the other hand, the United States
gives more aid to Brasil thi-,n to any other
Latin country. Brazil does ho.lf as much busi-
ness with the United States as Mexico does.
Since coffee is exempt, the surtax applies
only to about 15 per cent of Brazil's exports
to this country. Dut it applies to fully 50 per
cent of Mexico's exports here.
Less than two years ago Mr. Nixon deliv-
ered a glowing speech on this country's re-
sponsibilities to Latin America. "They ne.ed,"
he said then, "to be assured of access to the
expanding markets of the Indus trialtz,ed
world." . He promised them advance con-
sultation. on trade matters, and he also
promised to pursue, worldwide, "a liberal
system of generalized tariff preferences."
Thw got 110 COnSUltati011 on the surtax, ob-
viously, anct nor,- they see the United States
taking the lead in raising 'tariffs. ?Unfor-
tunately the price of thee moves comes high,
awl much of it is uliireately paid by small
nationg that cannot afl'ord their large neigh-
bors' mistakies. .
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IN Tim HOUSE OF REPRLSENTATIVES
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Wednesday, Septenil2er 15, 1971
Mr. RARICK. M.r. Speaker, on several
occasions during recent months, I called
the attention of our colleagues to Cie-
tivities of the Bilderbergers?an elite in-
ternational group comprised of high Gov-
ernment officials, international finan- .
ciers, businessmen and opinionmakers--
see CONsar.i;-.isIONAl. Rslcoan, E4016-8 of
May 5, 1911, entitled "Bilderleierg,te.rs'
Woodstock Meeting:" 113703. to I-13107 of
May 10, 1,971, entitled "U.S. Dallas'
Crisis--A Dividend of Internationalism:"
E4979 to 114935 of Max 24, 1971, entitled
"Secret Bilderberg Meeting and the
Logan Act;" and E7786 to E1787 of July.
16, 1971, entitled ,"Bilderberg Case:
ItenlY From U.S. Attorney General's Of-
fice."
This exclusive international aristocracy
holds highly secretive meetings annually
or more often in various countries. The
limited information available about What
transpires at these meetings reveals that
they discuss matters. of vital impel-J.-Thee
which affect . the lives of all citizens.
Presidential Adviser henry Etssinger,
who made a secret visit to Peking front
July 9 to 11, 1971, and arranged for a
Presidential visit to Red China, v,-as re-
ported to be. in attendance at the Most
recent Bildcrberg ineethig held in Wood-
stock, Vt., April 23-25, 1971, The two
points reportedly discussed at tfie Wood-
stock meeting were "the contribution of
business in dealing with current peob-
hems of social instability" and "the pos-
sibility of a change of tbeAnlerleall role
in the world and its consequences."
.Following these secret discusaions,
which are certainly not in keeping with
the Western political tradition of "open
covenants openly arrived at," the par-
ticipants return to their respective coun-
tries with the general public 'left unin-
formed, notwithstanding the attendance
of some news media representatives, of
any of the recommendations and plans
agreed upon as a result of the discus-
sions?or for that matter even the cc-
enrollee of the meeting itself.
Because the American people have a
right to know of any projections for a
change in" America's role in the world
and because-Henry Kissinger and other
Government officials and influential
Americans met with high Government
officials and. other powerful foreign lead-
ers, I sought to have more information
about the recent Bilderberg meeting
made public by raising the question to
the U.S. Attorney General of a possible
violation of the Logan Act by American
participants and asked if the Justice De-
partment anticipated taking any action
in the matter.
Tile reply frOin the Justice Depart-
Ment, in effect, was that all of the ele-
ments constituting a violation of the Lo-
gan .Act were present and that the De-
partment contemplated no action tint
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?st derheicrer
? By Richard L. Lyons
Washington Post Staff Writer
, The John Birch Society's answer to attacks by Re-,
publican leaders on the secret, far right organization.'
. is .this: House Republican leader Gerald R.. Ford is a.
2.93.3er er."
Was ist em n Bilderberger? is a senior honorary society at
the University of Michigan.
John Rousselot, a national
Right-wing organizations got
? :public relations director of the on to the Bilderberg ? group
? /Arch Society and a former Re- some time ago, and it pops
publican congressman, said In up frequently in their litera-
:California that the Bilderberg ture as an example of what
they see as One-World Eastern
;group is a secret organize-
Establishment groups working
? Mon and Ford Should be asked
behind the scenes to sell out
.sbout it. America.
Ford said it is an unofficial, Phyllis Schlafly discussed
:changing group of public and the Bilderbergers in her pro-
private leaders from Atlantic Goldwater book, "A Choice
'Community nations that meets Not an Echo," last year in a
?,tWice a year to discuss .world chapter titled "Who are the
problems. Sponsored by Prince secret kingmakers?" S h e
Bernhard of the Netherlands called the group an example
:in 1054, it took its name from of "a little clique of powerful
As first meeting place, 'the men (who) meet secretly and,
?Bilderberg Hotel in Ooster- plan events that appear. tO
beck, Holland. It met last,year 'just happen.'"
at Williamsburg, Va. Ford had some Bilderbergl
i "You don't really belong," literature, which showed that
'said Ford. "You get invited to those attending its discussions
attend by the Prince." He have included Christian A.
said he has gone to two of the Herter, Dean Rusk, Gen. Al'
13 three-day conferences. fred Gruenther, Gen. Lyman
."It's secret to the extent Lemnitzer, Paul-Henri Spaak,i
.that they don't put out any Guy Mollet, Hugh Gaitskell!
releases," said Ford. But he and Per Jacobsson.
said they don't do anything Until redistricting, Ford rep-I
:but talk. They make no de- resented Holland; Mich., often
'cisionsrcast no votes,. have no visited by Prince Bernhard,!
power or standing, he Said. - and his district is still about!
; "I'm also a 33d ? degree 60 per cent Dutc'h descent. ? :1
'Mason and a member of Delta "Just 'put in that' this wasl
, Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi started by, Prince Bernhardl
' ;?Ekild Michigannia?all .' secret and I don't care what else you;
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