Report by Member of Parliament Emm. I. Loulakakis to S. Venizelos on the mission of the author and of Professor and former minister P. Koutsomitopoulos to London to conduct contacts with the competent British ministries and services with a view to promoting Greek raisins.

-6- Treasury συναντήθηκε με τον Υφυπουργό κ. Somerville, ο οποίος ενημέρωσε αυθημερόν τον Υπουργό κ. Κρίππς για όσα συζητήθηκαν. Ο κ. Μόστρας έλαβε στη συνέχεια και έγγραφη απάντηση, την οποία μετέδωσε τηλεγραφικά στα Υπουργεία σας Εξωτερικών, Οικονομικών και Εθν[ικής] Οικονομίας και στους κ.κ. Αντιπρόεδρο της Κυβέρνησης και Υπουργό της Εθν[ικής] Οικονομίας στο Παρίσι. Τη 11η Νοεμβρίου ο Υφυπουργός του Υπουργείου Τροφίμων κ. Hardman έστειλε στην Πρεσβεία μας σχετικό έγγραφο, το οποίο κατέληγε ως εξής: «In order not to further delay this matter, we are to day cabling our people in Athens, telling them to remove negotiations as quickly as possible. I trust that a speedly settlement will be reached to our mutual satisfaction». Στο σημείο αυτό κρίναμε ότι η αποστολή μας είχε περατωθεί και, έτοιμοι προς αναχώρηση, επικοινωνήσαμε τηλεγραφικά με τον Υπουργό της Εθν[ικής] Οικονομίας στο Παρίσι κ. Πολίτη. Λάβαμε απ' αυτόν τη 10η Νοεμβρίου απάντηση να αναχωρήσουμε και να περάσουμε από το Παρίσι για πληρέστερη ενημέρωσή του. Αυτό και πράξαμε. Από τις συνομιλίες με τους άλλους αξιωματούχους και ειδικότερα με τους Υφυπουργούς του Υπουργείου Τροφίμων συνήγαγα τα εξής συμπεράσματα. Ειδικά για τη σουλτανίνα: ότι κατά το τρέχον καταναλωτικό έτος, λόγω της επισιτιστικής πολιτικής της Αγγλικής Κυβέρνησης που αναπτύχθηκε παραπάνω και του αδυσώπητου ανταγωνισμού της τουρκικής σουλτανίνας, η οποία έχει ακόμη μεγάλες ποσότητες προς διάθεση, το Υπουργείο Τροφίμων δεν είναι διατεθειμένο να προχωρήσει σε αγορά ελληνικής σουλτανίνας στην τιμή των 85 λιρών ανά τόνο, εφόσον προμηθεύεται

-6- Treajury’de Bakan Yardımcısı Bay Somerville ile görüştü; o da aynı gün Bakan Bay Cripps’i görüşülenler hakkında bilgilendirdi. Bay Mostras bunun ardından yazılı bir yanıt da aldı ve bunu telgrafla Dışişleri, Maliye ve Ulusal Ekonomi Bakanlıklarınıza, ayrıca Paris’teki Hükümet Başkan Yardımcısı ile Ulusal Ekonomi Bakanı beylere iletti. 11 Kasım’da Gıda Bakanlığı Bakan Yardımcısı Bay Hardman, Elçiliğimize ilgili bir yazı göndermiştir; yazı şu sözlerle sona ermekteydi: “Bu konuyu daha fazla geciktirmemek için, bugün Atina’daki adamlarımıza telgraf çekerek müzakereleri mümkün olan en kısa sürede ortadan kaldırmalarını bildiriyoruz. Karşılıklı memnuniyetimize uygun bir çözüme hızla ulaşılacağına güveniyorum.” Bu noktada görevimizi sona ermiş sayarak ve hareket etmeye hazır olarak, Paris’teki Ulusal Ekonomi Bakanı Bay Politis ile telgrafla haberleştik. Kendisinden 10 Kasım’da, hareket etmemiz ve kendisini daha kapsamlı bilgilendirmek üzere Paris’ten geçmemiz yönünde bir yanıt aldık. Biz de öyle yaptık. Diğer yetkililerle ve özellikle Gıda Bakanlığı Bakan Yardımcıları ile yapılan görüşmelerden şu sonuçları çıkardım: Özellikle sultaniye üzümü bakımından: Cari tüketim yılında, yukarıda ele alınan İngiliz Hükümetinin iaşe politikası ve elinde hâlâ satışa sunulabilir büyük miktarlar bulunan Türk sultaniyesinin amansız rekabeti nedeniyle, Gıda Bakanlığı Yunan sultaniye üzümünü ton başına 85 lira fiyatla satın almaya istekli değildir, çünkü

-6- Treajury he met with the Under-Secretary Mr. Somerville, who the same day informed the Minister Mr. Cripps of what had been discussed. Mr. Mostras subsequently also received a written reply, which he transmitted by telegraph to your Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Nat[ional] Economy, and to Messrs. the Vice-President of the Government and the Minister of Nat[ional] Economy in Paris. On the 11th of November the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Mr. Hardman, sent to our Legation (Embassy) a relevant document which concluded as follows: “In order not to further delay this matter, we are to day cabling our people in Athens, telling them to remove negotiations as quickly as possible. I trust that a speedly settlement will be reached to our mutual satisfaction”. At this point we judged our mission to be terminated and, being ready for departure, we communicated by telegraph with the Minister of Nat[ional] Economy in Paris, Mr. Politis. We received from him on the 10th of November a reply instructing us to depart and to pass through Paris for his fuller information. This we did. From the conversations with the other officials, and more particularly with the Under-Secretaries of the Ministry of Food, I drew the following conclusions. Specifically as regards the sultana: that during the current consumption year, owing to the food policy of the English Government set out above and the relentless competition of the Turkish sultana, which has still large quantities available for disposal, the Ministry of Food is not disposed to proceed to the purchase of Greek sultanas at the price of 85 pounds per ton, inasmuch as it pro-