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 59 STAT.] NETHERLANDS-MUTUAL AID -APR. 30, 1945 I should therefore like to propose that the obligation in Mr. Ache- son's letter to replace articles provided as reciprocal aid which have previously been purchased abroad and imported into territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands should not apply to articles hereafter made available to this Government as reciprocal aid. With respect to such articles transferred as reciprocal aid by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States or its armed forces prior to the date of the signing of the Agreement Ante, p. 16 27 . under Section 3 (c) of the Lend-Lease Act, I should like to propose that final action with respect to replacement be deferred until the final determination of the terms and conditions upon which mutual aid has been provided and received by the two Governments in ac- cordance with the terms of the Agreement of July 8, 1942, with respect st t1554. to the principles applying to mutual aid. At the time such a final determination is reached, and the full extent of the aid furnished by the United States and the reciprocal aid furnished by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands becomes known, the United States will make such replacement in accordance with the principles ex- pressed in Mr. Acheson's letter to any extent then mutually agreed upon between the two Governments as just and equitable. Sincerely yours, JOSEPH C. GREW Acting Secretary The Honorable Baron W. VAN BOETZELAER, Minister of the Netherlands. The Netherlands Minister to the Acting Secretary of State NETHERLANDS EMBASSY WASHINGTON, D. O; WASHINGTON, April SOth, 1945. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I have your letter of today with reference to the letter of June 14, 1943 from Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State, to the Ambas- sador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with respect to the receipt by your Government as reciprocal aid of articles previously purchased abroad and imported into territories of the Kingdom of the Nether- lands. In your letter you make certain proposals in relation to the obligation assumed by your Government in Mr. Acheson's letter. I have the honor to advise you that your proposals are satisfactory to my Government. Sincerely yours, W. v. BOETZELAER. Minister of the Netherlands. The Honorable JOSEPH C. GREW, Acting Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. 66347° - -47 -PT. II --61 1641

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