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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. Ant, p. 1304. in the said Agreement of February 28, 1945 is that the war production and the war resources of both Nations should be used by each in ways which most effectively utilize the available materials, manpower, pro- duction facilities, shipping space, and other resources. With a view, therefore, to supplementing the said Agreement of February 28, 1945 and the Memorandum relating to Lend-Lease and Reciprocal Aid and the Minutes attached thereto, agreed and ex- changed by the United States and French representatives on August 25, 1944,[ 1] we have the honor to set forth below the understanding of the Provisional Government of France of the principles and pro- cedures applicable to the provision of aid by the Provisional Govern- ment of France to the armed forces of the United States and the manner in which such aid will be correlated with the maintenance of those forces by the United States Government. 1. The Provisional Government of France, retaining the right of final decision, in the light of its own potentialities and responsibilities, will provide the United States or its armed forces with the following types of assistance as reciprocal aid, when and to the extent that it is found that they can most effectively be procured in continental France. (A) Military equipment, munitions, and military and naval stores; (B) Other supplies, materials, facilities, services, or information for United States forces, except for the pay, allowances, and other emoluments of such forces and the administrative expenses of American Missions; (C) Supplies, materials, facilities, services, or information except for the wages and salaries of United States citizens, needed in the construction of military projects, tasks, and similar capital works required in the common war effort; (D) Settlement and payment of appropriate civil claims arising in French territory against the United States and its armed forces, employees, and officers; (E) Ship ballast, in order to assist in obtaining maximum effi- ciency in the use of shipping; provided, however, that any net proceeds resulting from the sale of such ballast shall be paid to the Provisional Government of France; (F) Such other supplies, materials, facilities or services as may be agreed upon as necessary in the prosecution of the war, including materials for war production, requested by the United States to be exported from continental France to the United States of America. 2. The practical application of the principles formulated in this note, including the procedure by which requests for aid by either Government are made and acted upon, shall be worked out as occasion may require by agreement between the two Governments, acting when possible through their appropriate military or civilian administrative authorities. Requests by the United States Government for such aid will be presented by duly authorized authorities of the United States [Not printed] 1314

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