U.S. cancels orders for Indian-made berets

WASHINGTON, MAY 2. The United States has cancelled an order for Indian-made black berets worth about $2 million meant for its Army due to ``quality problems''.

The orders for 392,000 berets from India were placed with Northeast Woollen Mills on Rhode Island, U.S., who have a plant in India, a spokesperson for the Defence Logistics Agency said today. She said the order was cancelled ``due to production and quality problems''. Orders for supply of berets from China and Romania had also been cancelled.

The biggest order for black berets - 615,000 - was in China, and that was cancelled apparently as a protest against the spy plane incident over the South China Sea. The announcement of the cancellation of the order in China came from the Deputy Secretary of Defence, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, who said he was directing the military to reclaim issued (Chinese-made) berets from the troops.

- PTI

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