RAFFINERIE DE DONSTIENNES IN A LETTER TO EXPORT OF 12 AUGUST 1970 ( ANNEX I 130 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ) STATES THAT RT 'ADVISED IT NOT TO ENTER INTO ANY EXPORT CONTRACTS AT THE PRESENT TIME '.
264 EXPORT SAYS IN A TELEX MESSAGE OF 10 SEPTEMBER 1970 TO A GERMAN DEALER ( ANNEX I 105 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ): 'REGARDING THE GERMAN MARKET, FOR WHICH YOU ASKED US AN OFFER, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO WAIT A BIT BEFORE GETTING OFFERS FROM US, DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR PRINCIPAL SUGAR MANUFACTURER, THE RT GROUP, IS NOT ON THE MARKET AT THE MOMENT FOR SUCH DESTINATION '.
265 IT APPEARS FROM SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN QUOTED - NAMELY THE TELEX MESSAGE OF EXPORT TO A GERMAN DEALER OF 14 SEPTEMBER 1970 AND ALSO THE SERIES OF TELEX MESSAGES EXCHANGED DURING THE PERIOD FROM 14 TO 21 SEPTEMBER 1970 BETWEEN RT AND EXPORT AND BETWEEN THE LATTER AND THE GERMAN DEALER - THAT RT EITHER REFUSED, ALBEIT COVERTLY, TO SUPPLY NONPRODUCERS ESTABLISHED IN PFEIFER UND LANGEN'S SALES AREA OR OFFERED SUCH OPERATORS WHO WERE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OR PROCURED THAT THEY BE OFFERED A PRICE WHICH MIGHT WELL PUT THEM OFF, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DEMAND IN GERMANY WHICH EXPORT WISHED TO MEET .
266 THIS SIGUATION IS ALSO CONFIRMED BY A TELEX MESSAGE FROM A GERMAN DEALER TO EXPORT OF 2 NOVEMBER 1970 ( ANNEX I 116 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ), IN WHICH, AFTER REFERRING TO SEVERAL TELEX MESSAGES WHICH HE HAD SENT TO EXPORT, HE SAYS : 'WE WOULD ... AS WE TOLD YOU MANY TIMES IN THE ABOVE TELEXES AND ON MANY PHONE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD TOGETHER ... VERY MUCH LIKE TO CONCLUDE BUSINESS WITH YOUR COMPANY IN BELGIAN CRYSTAL SUGAR FOR THE WEST GERMAN MARKET FOR THE NEW 1970/71 CROP . WE ARE PREPARED TO TRY AT THE MAXIMUM TO REACH THE LEVEL WHERE BUSINESS COULD BE CONCLUDED . WE WOULD LIKE FROM YOUR SIDE TO GET ORDERS AND BIDS TO ENABLE US TO BE IN A POSITION TO MATERIALIZE SUCH BUSINESS . WE AWAIT YOUR COMMENTS, ORDERS AND BIDS WITH THE KEENEST INTEREST '.
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267 A GERMAN FIRM IN A LETTER TO EXPORT OF 11 NOVEMBER 1970 ( ANNEX I 118 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ) WHICH ALSO CONFIRMS THIS SITUATION, AFTER STATING THAT IT ENTERED INTO SEVERAL LARGE CONTRACTS - PROBABLY WITH GERMAN BUSINESS HOUSES - GOES ON TO SAY THAT DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS PRECEDING EACH OF THESE AGREEMENTS 'WE CONSULTED YOU BUT UNFORTUNATELY - AND WE MUST REPEAT THIS - WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OFFERS FROM YOU WHICH ARRIVED IN SUFFICIENT TIME AND AT A SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTING PRICE TO ENABLE US TO COMPETE . NOW IT IS ONLY A QUESTION OF MEETING POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME '.
268 FINALLY GEDELFI OF COLOGNE, A WHOLESALE BUYER OF FOODSTUFFS, IN