In July 1975, the top White House economic officials in the Ford administration to obtain information about the Soviet Union, in the face of disappointing grain harvest, may try to buy large quantities of wheat and corn from U.S. suppliers. This case is the insider by the merger of economic and political reasons, which act as officials face a decision on whether to take any action to prevent the sale of grain to the Soviets at the time when the Cold War was raging. Deal specifically looks at the question of whether the administration should seek to link the export of grain, which may, humanitarian dimension and are very popular among the voters of the state farm, with more political and diplomatic goals. In other words, there must be a meal is used as a tool of diplomatic lever? Officials, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Labor John Dunlop, and Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, and members of the Council of Economic Advisers, to consider a number of domestic policy issues, as well as the potential impact on food prices of basic grain sales. Based in part on the US-Soviet agreement of grain (Roger Porter, Cambridge University Press, 1984), this case is a snapshot of information-gathering and decision-making at the highest levels of the United States. HKS Case Number 1449.0 "Hide
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