Letter from Evr. Mavropoulos to E. Venizelos asking him to take an interest in the question of the Greek currant, setting out the reasons why the channelling of Greek currants into England has become problematic and why he himself is remaining in London.

2 Έχοντας πλήρη γνώση της ψυχολογίας που επικρατεί γύρω από το προϊόν, και γνωρίζοντάς το βαθιά τόσο από την παραγωγική όσο και από την εμπορική του πλευρά, αφενός επειδή υπήρξα επί τέσσερα έτη διευθυντής της Εξαγωγικής Σταφιδικής Ένωσης στο Αίγιο, αφετέρου επειδή ασχολούμαι ήδη επί πέντε έτη με το εξαγωγικό εμπόριο της σταφίδας και κατέχω την πρώτη θέση μεταξύ των συναδέλφων μου στο Αίγιο, νομίζω ότι ήταν επιβεβλημένο να επικαλεστώ τη συνδρομή σας επί του προκειμένου, τόσο περισσότερο καθώς τα ιδιωτικά συμφέροντα που μοιράζονται μεταξύ των ατόμων, παράλληλα και ανάλογα με την ωφέλιμη ή δυσμενή έκβασή τους, ασκούν αντίστοιχα άμεση επίδραση και στο εθνικό κεφάλαιο της οικονομικής και κοινωνικής ζωής του τόπου γενικά. Κύριε Πρόεδρε. Αν υπερπηδήσουμε τις δύο αδιάσειστες βαθμίδες, στην πρώτη — έχοντας ως δεδομένο ότι η Αγγλία συμβαίνει να είναι η κυριότερη καταναλώτρια χώρα του προϊόντος, στη δεύτερη — έχοντας υπόψη το γεγονός της εξόδου της χώρας αυτής από τη χρυσή βάση του νομίσματός της, σίγουρα θα βρεθούμε σε πιο διαυγή ορίζοντα, ο οποίος θα μας επιτρέψει να διευρύνουμε το πεδίο της ορατότητας, και μέσα σε αυτό, ανεξάρτητα από τις λεπτομέρειες, τις οποίες το ευρύ κοινό εκλαμβάνει ως αφορμές, θα

2 Bu ürüne egemen olan psikolojiden tam olarak haberdar olduğum ve onu hem üretim hem de ticaret yönünden derinlemesine bildiğim için — bir yandan dört yıl Aigion İhracatçı Kuru Üzüm Birliği'nin müdürlüğünü yapmış, öte yandan beş yıldır kuru üzüm ihracat ticaretiyle uğraşmakta ve Aigion'daki meslektaşlarım arasında ilk sırayı tutmakta olduğum için — konuyla ilgili olarak sizin yardımınıza başvurmamın gerektiğini düşünüyorum; bunu, bireyler arasında paylaşılan özel çıkarların, onların yararlı veya elverişsiz sonuçlanmasına koşut ve orantılı olarak, ülkenin iktisadi ve toplumsal yaşamının ulusal sermayesi üzerinde de doğrudan, karşılık gelen bir etki yaptığı düşüncesiyle daha da çok yapıyorum. Sayın Başkan, İki sarsılmaz basamağı atlayıp geçersek — birincisinde İngiltere'nin bu ürünün başlıca tüketici ülkesi olduğu verisinden hareket ederek, ikincisinde ise bu ülkenin para biriminin altın esasından çıkmış olması olgusunu göz önünde bulundurarak — kuşkusuz daha berrak bir ufka ulaşırız; bu ufuk görüş alanımızı genişletmemize olanak verecek ve bu alanda, geniş kamuoyunun çoğunlukla vesile olarak algıladığı ayrıntılardan bağımsız olarak, ki bunlar bizi yanıltmayacaktır;

2 Being fully informed of the psychology prevailing with regard to the commodity, and a deep connoisseur of it from both its productive and its commercial side, having served on the one hand for four years as director of the Export Currant Union of Aigion, and on the other hand having been engaged for five years now in the export trade in currants and holding first position among my colleagues in Aigion, I think that it was incumbent on me to invoke your assistance on the matter, all the more so since the private interests apportioned among individuals exert, in parallel or in proportion to their beneficial or adverse outcome, a correspondingly direct influence also on the national capital of the economic and social life of the country in general. Mr President. If we skip over the two unshakable steps, according to the first of which we have the given fact that England happens to be the principal consuming country of the commodity, and according to the second of which we have in view the fact of this country's departure from the gold basis of its currency, we shall surely find ourselves on a clearer horizon, which will allow us to widen the field of visibility, and in it, irrespective of the details, which the general public for the most part takes as occasions, we shall be