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 2368 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. RELATED NOTES 1. CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASES To BE MADE BY THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim (Thurston) to the Peo- ple's Commissar for Foreign Trade (Mikoyan) EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Moscow, August 6,1940 MR. PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR: I have the honor to refer to our recent conversations in regard to the commerce between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and to ask you to let me know the value of articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States of America which the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics intends to purchase in the United States of America during the next twelve months for export to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Accept, Mr. People's Commissar, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. WALTER THURSTON Mr. A. I. MIKOYAN, People's Commissar for Foreign Trade of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow. The People's Commissar for Foreign Trade (Mikoyan) to the American Charge dAffaires ad interim (Thurston) [Translation] Moscow, August 6, 1940. MR. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES: In reply to your inquiry regarding the intended purchases by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the United States of America in the course of the next twelve months, I have the honor to inform you that the economic organizations of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics intend to buy in the United States of America in the course of the next twelve months American goods to the value of forty million dollars or more. If, however, restrictions imposed on exports by the Government of the United States should render it difficult for Soviet economic or- ganizations to satisfy their needs in the United States, it may be impossible for these organizations to carry out their intentions. The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is there-

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