tion, in order to accelerate the turnaround of vessels,, is rewriting its
charter party, copies of which will be provided the Cuban delegation
within a few days. The charter party will require longer hours of
loading and a higher rate of deimurrage.
   (b) The Cuban Government on its part will take the necessary ac-
tion to expedite loading by removal of the limitation on the number
of bags loaded per day per gang; and by suspending other practices
which now tend to delay the loading of ships.
  Because of the uncertainties in demands of the war, the. United
States Government must reserve the right to send ships to any port
and the sugar is to be placed at that port by the, sellers upon receiving
instructions from Commodity Credit Corporation. Vessels arriving
laden may discharge at any port, sub-port, or embarcadero which an
agency of the United States Government may direct.
General Terms
   (a) Raw sugar would be released by Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion under certain conditions to Cuban refiners who have received
refining allocations from the Cuban Sugar Institute.
   (b) The 1942 crop purchase sugars will be moved before 1943 crop
shipments are made unless Commodity Credit Corporation, in order
to facilitate shipments should direct in specific situations to the
contrary.
  (c) Certain changes will be necessary in the terms for shipment
of sugar to other than United States destinations.
  (d) If the 1944 Cuban sugar crop is not purchased by an agency
of the United States Government, the Cuban Sugar Institute will
agree that shipments to the United States of new crop! free sugar shall
not exceed one-third of the total raw and refined sugar exports to the
United States until such time as sugars previously purchased by an
agency of the United States Government shall have been shipped.


837.61351/3536a
Proposal by the Department of State Concerning the 1943 Cuban
                          Sugar Crop

                                [WASHINGTON,] December 17,1942.
  A. Since the determination of the size of the 1943 crop, the discus-
sions have revolved about the problem of price. The criteria of the
Cuban and the United States Commissions have been similar; namely,
that the grinding of a crop is to furnish labor income, not employer
profit. The United States Commission on this basis made the offer of
2.650 f.o.b. in the ship's hold, certain charges previously borne by this
Government to be borne by the industry. This price, together with



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