Touring Canada on a buying mission for Red China, two Hong Kong traders named Liu Liang and Yang Lu-liang were as quiet as could be, seemed chiefly interested in eluding publicity. Canadians hoped they were also interested in grain, were moderately pleased fortnight ago to land a $5,300,000 order for barley. Last week Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton rose in Parliament to announce that the Red traders had expanded the order beyond his most optimistic hopes: just before taking off for Hong Kong, they signed a $60 million cash deal for 28 million bushels...
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