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 60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-MUTUAL AID SETTLEMENT-MAR. 27,1946 VIII AGREEMENT RELATING TO UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY SURPLUS PROPERTY AND SURPLUS INSTALLATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1. In accordance with their JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING SETTLE- MENT FOR LEND-LEASE, RECIPROCAL AID, SURPLUS WAR PROPERTY AND CLAIMS, dated December 6, 1945, and in partial consideration of the payment of the net amount of $532,000,000 by the Government of the United Kingdom to the Government of the United States spec- ified in paragraph 3 (b) thereof, the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom agree that the latter shall acquire posses- sion of and title to the following property on the terms and conditions set forth below: (a) All movable articles of whatever description (except vessels other than those which may be specifically designated from time to time by the Government of the United States for transfer hereunder, and aircraft) located in the United Kingdom which had been on December 6, 1945, or are thereafter, declared to the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, United States Department of State, as surplus to the needs and responsibilities of the United States War and Navy Departments. (b) All interests of the United States War and Navy Departments in installations (which term includes structures or capital assem- blies affixed to land or buildings in a permanent manner) located in the United Kingdom where such interests have been or are declared to the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Com- missioner as surplus to the needs and responsibilities of the War and Navy Departments. 2. Title to and custodial responsibility for the property described in paragraph 1 hereof shall be deemed to have passed or shall pass to the Government of the United Kingdom as soon as possible in accord- ance with transfer procedures established by the representatives in the United Kingdom of the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Com- missioner and the responsible departments of the Government of the United Kingdom. 3. The Government of the United Kingdom agrees that the procedure for the acquisition of the property described in paragraph 1 hereof will not interfere with the consumption or continued use of such property by the United States Army and Navy in connection with their respec- tive needs and responsibilities. 4. Any property described in paragraph 1 hereof which had on or before December 6, 1945, been specifically committed for sale or trans- fer to third parties or which has been or may be directly transferred to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration by the United States War and Navy Departments under Section 202, Title II, United States Public Law No. 382, 78th Congress, shall not be subject to transfer to the Government of the United Kingdom. 1561' Pod, p. 1M4. Title and emutod renpoiblWty. Property not sub- ject to transr to United Kit.dom. 68 Btt. 63.

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