Re: commerce & trade

Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> You brought up a good point...many years back, I had heard that the
> the Krupps were obtained in barter for Guatemalan coffee. There's
> also the story that the last order (169-174?) were on a ship bound
> for Guatemala when hostilities broke out in Europe and had to spend
> time in a neutral port before continuing on to their destination.

I guess I too had heard/read about the coffee barter. Then later I read something about the controls that Germany had on hard currency exchange during the 1930s. Companies could not move money from Germany to their home countries; one option was to buy German products and then ship those.

Put two and two together.

Brian