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 TURKEY-MUTUAL AID -FEB. 23, 1945 Translation REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANKARA, February 23, 1945. MR. AMBASSADOR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt from Your Excellency of the note which you have had the kindness to deliver to me on Febru- ary 23, 1945 and reading as follows: [For English translation see note of February 23, 1945 from the American Ambassador to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs.] I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the Republic having found in the contents of the said Aide-Memoire the meaning which it intends to give to the agreement concerning aid furnished under the act of March 11, 1941, declares itself ready to proceed to the signature of the said agreement. Accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my very high con- sideration. HASAN SAKA His Excellency Mr. LAURENCE STEINHARDT Embassy of the United States of America Ankara. The Turkish Ministerfor Foreign Affairs to the American Ambassador TtRKIYE CtMHURIYETI HARICIYE VEKALETI ANKARA, le 23 Fevrier 1945. MONSIEUR L'AMBASSADEUR, En proc6dant aujourd'hui A la signature de l'Arrangement entre le Gouvernement de la R6publique Turque et le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d'Amerique concernant les principes s'appliquant a l'aide en vertu de la loi du 11 Mars 1941, j'estime utile de faire ressortir A Votre Excellence que 1'6tendue des livraisons faites en vertu de la loi Prat et Bail du 11 Mars 1941 avant la date de la signature dudit Arrangement devra faire l'objet d'un examen lors de la determination finale de l'aide fournie en vertu de la susdite loi Pr8t et Bail. Veuillez agreer, Monsieur l'Ambassadeur les assurances de ma tres haute consideration. HASAN SAKA Son Excellence Monsieur A. LAURENCE STEINHARDT Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis d'Amerique Ankara. Ante, p. 1482. 55 Stat. 31. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, p411-419. Ante, p. 52. 1485 59 STAT.]

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