Thai to Exchange Rubber, Tin for Soviet Goods Bangkok, May 15.
Two Soviet freighters. which sailed for Hongkong en May 2, will arrive in Bangkok shortly carrying oil and other goods consigned for Thailand, the local newspaper reported.
Rubber and tin produced in Thailand will be exchanged for oil and other Soviet products in accordance with a barter agreement recently concluded between the Soviet Union and Thailand, The press also reported that the Soviet Union had promised Thailand to facilitate transit of goods destined for Thailand from Europe, via Siberia, The British Government recently, it was reported, protested to Thailand against supplying rubber and tin to the Soviet Union on the grounds that it constituted a violation of the international rubber and tin agreements—Domei,
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