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S-0800-0001-0030-00003
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[Belgium] The grain is Argentine barley, purchased by Belgium, and being transferred to UNRRA, for shipment to Austria via Trieste aboard a British freighter.
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- ? - 1947-01-01 (Creation)
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UNRRA / 3799
"Cargoes of 12,000 tons of barley were on the high seas en route to Belgium from the Argentine [sic] when the Belgian government, in negotiations with the Combined Food Board in Washington, agreed to divert the grain to UNRRA to meet the extreme emergency in Austria. UNRRA trans-shipped it promptly upon arrival at the Antwerp docks."
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Belgium
Food relief - Belgium
Food relief - Austria
Shipping - Belgium - Antwerp
Cargo ships - British - Belgium - Antwerp
Barley - Belgium - Antwerp
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Security level: Unclassified