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 1030 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. The American Ambassador to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA London, April 30, 1943 YOUR EXCELLENCY: I thank you for your note of today's date relative to the apportion- ing of supplies of African asbestos, with which you transmitted a copy of a memorandum of understanding signed on January 6 last by repre- sentatives of the Ministry of Supply of the United Kingdom and the Board of Economic Warfare and the Metals Reserve Company of the United States. In view of your assurance that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland approves of the principles contained in the memorandum of understanding annexed to your letter, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America likewise approves of those principles and is willing to give effect to the provisions thereof. I also have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America concurs with your interpretation of the expression "cessation of hostilities" in Article II of the memoran- dum of understanding. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration. JOHN G. WINANT American Ambassador The Right Honorable ANTHONY EDEN, M.C., M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Office, London.

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