In the early 1930's and particularly between 1936–1938, the South African fruit and grape growers, with the unhidden blessing of the government, launched a series of diplomatic and non-diplomatic efforts to force the United States to let their wines into the American market. They eventually succeeded. This article examines this controversy as reflected in the Department of State's consular reports, cables and diplomatic exchanges of the period.
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State Department Decimal File, A/13, 611–48A6, LIQUOR/1.
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State Department Decimal File, R.G. 59(1930–1939), 611.48A6, LIQUOR/16.
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The Department of State, Cable No. 144, March 19, 1934.
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State Department Decimal File, 611.48A6, LIQUOR/16.
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Consular Report No. 63, pp. 3, 6–7.
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State Department Decimal File, 611.48A6, LIQUOR/21.
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State Department Decimal File, 611.48A6, LIQUOR/29.
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State Department Decimal File, 611.48A6, LIQUOR/41.
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State Department Decimal File, 611.48A6, LIQUOR/39.
