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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. September 25, 1943 [E. A. S. 483] U. S. supplies and services to France. Agreement between the United States of America and the French Com- mittee of National Liberation respecting mutual aid in French North and West Africa. Signed at Algiers September 25, 1943; effective September 25, 1943. MODUS VIVENDI ON RECIPROCAL AID IN FRENCH NORTH AND WEST AFRICA The Government of the United States and the French Committee of National Liberation desirous of lending each other the reciprocal aid necessary to the prosecution of the joint war effort are agreed upon the following provisional'Modus Vivendi which will, following signature, be applicable in French North and West Africa: I - With reference to supplies and services urgently needed to main- tain the French war effort, which the United States has furnished to the French authorities and will continue to furnish, within limitations of need and supply, it is understood that: a) Military aid, including supplies for railroads, docks, public utilities and other facilities to the extent that such supplies are determined to be military aid is made available on a straight Lend-Lease basis, in the light of the considerations set forth in Paragraph V. Such aid does not include the pay and allowances of French forces. The United States reserves the right to re- quire the return of any articles furnished under this paragraph and not lost, destroyed or consumed, (i) - if at any time it is decided that such restitution would be an advantage in the conduct of the war, or (ii) - if at the end of the present emergency as determined by the President of the United States, the President shall deter- mine that such articles are useful in the defense of the United States or of the Western Hemisphere, or to be otherwise of use to the United States. b) For all civilian supplies imported from the United States, the French authorities will pay upon the basis of prices to be agreed. Payment will be made, currently at convenient intervals, in dollars, to an appropriately designated account in the United States. c) The distinction between civilian and military aid, supplies and services, where such distinction may be necessary, will be made by agreement. d) All aid furnished under Paragraph I (a) and I (b) will be made available by the United States under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions provided for in the Act of Congress 1666

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