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 1542 Ante, p. 1537. Post, p. 1543. "Vessels." "United King- dom Armed Forces. " Lend-lease military holdings in India. 69 Stat. 1031. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. (c) Raw Materials (covered by the Agreement relating to Civilian Holdings, No. III). (d) Such aircraft and spares therefor as are covered by the Agree- ment on Lend-lease Aircraft (Non-Combat) and Spares (No. V). (e) Vessels of the Navy procured with United States Navy appropri- ations; such vessels are subject to return under United States law. (f) Ocean-going lend-lease vessels (other than vessels referred to in (e) above), which will be dealt with in accordance with the agreements relating to their transfer. (g) Vessels exceeding 100 gross tons furnished under reciprocal aid. (h) Articles of possible lend-lease or reciprocal aid origin which cannot be identified as to origin and which are not otherwise dealt with in these Agreements. Such unidentifiable articles shall be deemed the property of the holding Government. 11. In this Agreement the term "vessels" includes ships, boats, barges, floating dry docks and other watercraft. 12. The term "United Kingdom Armed Forces" as used herein comprises all armed forces under the direction of the United Kingdom Chiefs of Staff. All the armed forces under command of Commander- in-Chief India are to be regarded for the purposes of this Agreement as United Kingdom Armed Forces, and the Government of the United Kingdom assumes full responsibility in connection with the use and disposal of lend-lease articles in the possession or control of such Forces in accordance with the conditions herein laid down. On April 1, 1946, a proportion of lend-lease military holdings in India will be earmarked for the requirements of the forces under the com- mand of Commander-in-Chief India on the basis of their post-war strength. The conditions governing the use and disposal of the lend- lease articles so earmarked will form the subject of negotiations between the Governments of the United States and of India, and the privileges of the Government of the United Kingdom and its obliga- tions to the Government of the United States under this Agreement with respect to such articles shall remain operative until the date on which any separate arrangements between the Governments of the United States and of India relating to such articles take effect. As from such date and for purposes compatible with the principles of international security and welfare set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, lend-lease articles held by the United Kingdom Armed Forces may be transferred to the forces under the command of Commander-in-Chief India without the prior authority of the Govern- ment of the United States subject to the following understandings: (a) Subsequent reports, in such practicable form and detail as may later be mutually agreed, regarding such transfers will be made to the Government of the United States. (b) The Government of the United States reserves the right to reopen with the Government of the United Kingdom the question of applying the principle of prior authority over such transfers stipu- lated in paragraph 6 of this Agreement, should there be a material change in the existing arrangements between the United Kingdom Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Government of India.

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