Nazis use food to smash their enemies in neutral countries, before trying military occupation. One technique: offers of huge foreign food purchases are suddenly concentrated in a single agricultural country; a fantastically high price is quoted; the offer is broadcast to the hard-pressed farmers, who in turn bring pressure on their Government to accept. In the process, patriotic resistance is undermined; the neutral Government that makes the deal is compelled to pay its farmers in its own currency while waiting payment from Germany. A sudden ending of the demand brings a price slump, followed by farmers' defaulting on taxes and mortgage payments. Says Economist Brandt: "If this German technique were ever tried against the Latin-American countries, it would work magnificently. . . . Hitler . . . could throw every one of those countries into political convulsions and stir up violent hatred against the United States."