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 60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-MARINE TRANSPORTATION Mar. 25, 1946 1915 May 7, 1946 March 26 and Agreement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom Mya 7,l9a amending the agreement of December 4, 1942, respecting marine trans- [T-I A. S. 1668 portation and litigation. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Washington March25 and May 7, 1946; effective May 7, 1946. The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State BRITISH EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, D. C. No. 174. 05th March, 1946 SIR, I have the honour to refer to your Note of October 10, 1945 (411.41 Ships/9-2045) in which notice was given that, in view of the termina- tion of lend-lease by the Government of the United States, payments made by the United States Government on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in the course of operations under the Knock-for-Knock Agreement of December 4, 1942, would be 6 stat.1780. made under lend-lease only in cases where the claim arose prior to the expiration of 60 days following 12.01 a. m ., September 2, 1945 (V-J Day). 2. You suggested in your Note that discussions should be held between the representatives of the Government of the United States and of His Majesty's Government concerning the continuation of the waiver features of the Knock-for-Knock Agreement of December 4, 1942, and the handling of mutual legal aid and payments under Article IV of 56''at. 171. that Agreement beyond the 60 day period mentioned above on some basis other than an accounting under the lend-lease Act. 3. I understand that the duly appointed representatives of our two Governments have now completed the discussions suggested in your Note under reference and I have the honour to state the agreement which the United Kingdom representatives report was reached as a result of those discussions:- (i) It has been agreed that lend-lease and reciprocal aid funds will be available to discharge liabilities which arise from casual- ties occurring before midnight, October 31, 1945, and which are within the agreed scope of legal aid under Article IV of the Agreement and supplemental understandings. The Agreement, s Stat. 1781. in both its waiver and legal aid aspects, will continue to operate thereafter and until notice is given to terminate it, but for liabili- ties arising from casualties occurring on or after November 1, 1945, which are within the scope of legal aid as determined from time to time, there will be substituted for payments under Mutual Aid the system of accounting on a cash basis which is provided for by the last sentence of Article IV. 8tt . 178 r

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