Master lend lease agreement

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume IV

Unsuccessful efforts to negotiate a lend-lease settlement agreement with the Soviet Union 1

1. For previous documentation on attempts to open negotiations with the Soviet Union for a Lend-Lease settlement agreement, and consideration of the granting of loans and credits, see Foreign Relations , 1946, vol. vi , pp. 818 ff. For the text of the Lend-Lease Act, approved March 11, 1941, see 55 Stat. 31; and for the text of the Master Lend-Lease Agreement with the Soviet Union signed in Washington on June 11, 1942, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 253, or 56 Stat. 1500.

[448] The Acting Chief of the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War-Property Affairs ( Matlock ) to Mr. Henry Waegelein , Deputy Assistant to the United States Maritime Commission

Washington , January 2, 1947 .

[449] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington , January 17, 1947—7 p. m.

[450] The Lend-Lease Administrator ( Lane ) to the Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the United States ( Eremin )

Washington , January 30, 1947 .

[451] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington , February 5, 1947—4 p. m.

[452] Memorandum by Mr. Joseph J. O’Connell , Jr., General Counsel Department of the Treasury, to Mr. Robert W. Maxwell , Commissioner of Accounts, Department of the Treasury

[ Washington ,] February 7, 1947 .

[453] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State

Moscow , February 18, 1947—5 p. m.

[454] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs ( Clayton )

[ Washington ,] February 26, 1947 .

[455] Memorandun by the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs ( Clayton )

[ Washington ,] February 27, 1947 .

[456] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow

Washington , March 21, 1947—7 p. m.

[457] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow

Washington , March 21, 1947—7 p. m.

[458] Memorandum by Mr. George E. Truesdell of the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War Property Affairs

[ Washington ,] March 25, 1947 .

[459] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

Moscow , March 27, 1947—6 p. m.

[460] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington , March 28, 1947—8 p. m.

[461] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington , April 1, 1947—6 p. m.

[462] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs ( Hickerson )

[ Washington ,] April 2, 1947 .

[463] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy ( Ness )

[ Washington ,] April 3, 1947 .

[464] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State

Moscow , April 5, 1947—5 p. m.

[465] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State

Moscow , April 6, 1947—4 p. m.

[466] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington , April 7, 1947—6 p. m.