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Sir David Eccles interview ahead of trip to Soviet Union; ENGLAND: London: INTSir David Eccles MP (President of the Board of Trade) interview SOT- "Well yes, of course, a lot of people have said to us we'd like to sell this and we'd like to sell that and we've paid a great deal of attention to what various industries have told us would be ready to export. And we shall talk about those things, but mainly what I want to do is provide a framework within which our businessmen have a better chance to sell." /- (on offering Russians credit) - "Well no, not long-term credit, no. That's not on our shopping list at all." /- (on what Britain could buy from Russia) - "Well we've been very old customers of Russia. Their first important customer was Britain in the 16th Century and we've bought, well I suppose it started with furs and timber and various grains, various metals - manganese ore, platinum. There are a number of traditional either foodstuffs or raw materials - canned salmon or canned crab for instance, caviar and vodka come in now /