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 60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-MUTUAL AID SETTLEMENT-MAR. 27,1946 III AGREEMENT RELATING TO CIVILIAN HOLDINGS In accordance with their JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING SETTLE- Disosiftion rofhold MENT FOR LEND-LEASE, RECIPROCAL AID, SURPLUS WAR PROPERTY AND CLAIMS, dated December 6, 1945, and in partial consideration of PO,'p. '. the payment of the net amount of $532,000,000 by the Government of the United Kingdom to the Government of the United States specified in paragraph 3 (b) thereof, the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom have reached agreement as set forth below regarding the disposition of holdings of such articles of lend-lease and reciprocal aid origin as are defined below. 1. The Government of the United Kingdom hereby acquires and to^ lrinuoresby shall be deemed to have acquired on September 2, 1945, without United Kindom. qualification as to disposition or use, full title to all articles (including raw materials, foodstuffs and other agricultural products, durable goods, and vessels of 100 gross tons or under not procured or con- structed out of funds appropriated to the United States Navy Depart- ment or the United States Maritime Commission) supplied on straight lend-lease by the Government of the United States to the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom or to the Government of any British Colonial Dependency, and in the possession or control of such Govern- ment, its agents or distributees at midnight on September 1, 1945, excluding any such articles, other than raw materials, in the possession or control of the United Kingdom Armed Forces or of their supply agents acting on their behalf, and excluding any such articles which have been returned to the Government of the United States since September 1, 1945. 2. The Government of the United States hereby acquires and atoSirtlone by shall be deemed to have acquired on September 2, 1945, without united stte. qualification as to disposition or use, full title to all articles (including raw materials, foodstuffs, and other agricultural products, durable goods, and vessels of 100 gross tons or under furnished under recip- rocal aid) supplied on straight reciprocal aid by the Government of the United Kingdom and in the possession or control of the Govern- ment of the United States, its agents or distributees at midnight on September 1, 1945, excluding any such articles other than raw ma- terials in the possession or control of the United States Armed Forces or of their supply agents acting on their behalf, and excluding articles which have been returned to the Government of the United King- dom since September 1, 1945. 3. The Government of the United Kingdom, when it disposes of or distributes articles acquired pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Agreement, will use its best endeavors to avoid discrimination against the legitimate interests of the United States manufacturers or pro- ducers of such articles, or their agents or distributors in the United Kingdom. 1537

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