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 FRANCE-MUTUAL AID -FEB. 28, 1945 in the schedules from time to time and particularly at the conclu- sion of hostilities in Europe in order to make such adjustments in our requests and acceptances as we deem necessary in the light of the changing situation. JEAN MONNET. SD/288 The Acting Secretary of State to the FrenchCommissaire en Mission DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON February 28, 1945 MY DEAR MR. MoNNTr: I have your letter of today telling of your return from Paris and informing me that your Government is now prepared to sign the draft agreements which Mr. Clayton sent you on February 8, 1945, and that your Government has taken full cognizance of the Memorandum accompanying the draft agreement. You attach to your letter the text of a statement, agreed to with Mr. Clayton before your departure for Paris, which clarifies certain points and which draws the attention of this Government to certain policies which your Government will follow in the execution of the various agreements. I wish to confirm your understanding with Mr. Clayton that this statement is acceptable to my Government. Sincerely yours, JOSEPH C. GREW Acting Secretary The Honorable JEAN MONNET, Cormmissaire en Mission, ProvisionalGovernment of the French Republic, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NIV, Washington, D. C. The French Comnmissaire en Mission to the Acting Secretary of State REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE AMBASSADE DU GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE AUX 1800 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. N .W. ETATS UNIS WASHINGTON 6. D.C. P. 0. Box 3157 Ref. 4/1/1 DEcatur 7935 No 5833 FEBRUARY 28, 1945. MY DEAR Mr. SECRETARY, When in Paris, I informed the French Provisional Government that the proposed Lend-Lease agreements do not change the arrangements now in effect between our two Governments regarding the payment in 1319 59 STAT.]

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