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 UNITED KINGDOM-CLAIMS Feb. 29, 1944 Mar. 28,1944 B. Similar Claims arising out of incidents occurring before 20th March, 1944. 13. Such of these claims as are unpaid on the 19th March, 1944 will be examined and assessed by the United States Claims Commission. The necessary payments will be made by His Majesty's Government as a matter of reciprocal aid. 14. For the purposes of paragraph 13 above, (a) the Collision or other Agreements negotiated on behalf of the United States authorities by the Treasury Solicitor, which are now suspended shall so far as possible be forthwith and retroactively reinstated, (b) claimants with whom no reasonable settlement by other means is possible, shall have recourse in the Courts of the United Kingdom in the ordinary way against the tortfeasor. In that event the United States authorities will immediately transfer all papers material to the claim in question to His Majesty's Treasury Solicitor through the channel of the British Claims Commission and will render all other possible assistance to His Majesty's Treasury Solicitor by way of the production of witnesses etc. A similar procedure will so far as necessary be applied to all such cases when the claimant has obtained a judgment in a United Kingdom Court which has remained unsatisfied. 15. In any case where it seems to the United States Claims Commis- sion that the amount claimed is more than $5,000, the claim shall be transferred as soon as possible to the British Claims Commission for examination and assessment as well as for payment. C. General. 16. In order to facilitate the smooth transfer of the United States Claims work to the British Claims Commission, United States Claims Service will release immediately for employmeut by the British Claims Commission such of their civilian clerical and typing staff as are employed upon claims work at British rates of pay and whose services are required by the British Claims Commission for the pur- poses of settlement of the claims falling within the above categories. The American Ambassador to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 3493. London, March 28, 19I4. SR: I have the honor to refer to your note of February 29, 1944 (No. W 3151/150/64) and to the annex thereto, concerning the question of civil claims arising in tort against personnel of the United States Payments by U. K. Reinstatement of designated collision, etc., agreements. Recourse in U. K. courts. Claims over $5,000. Employment of U. S. i'wrsonnI'l by British Clailms Coll- mission. Aute, pp. 272,2732. 61 STAT.] 2735

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