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 3936 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. covering the over-all reconversion/reconditioning expenses aris- ing from the date of delivery of the vessels under their basic charterparties in 1942. This claim is without prejudice to claims for additional reconversion/reconditioning expenses under the basic charterparties. 3. Services as Accounting Line (agency services) for the small U. S. 7 (c) ships with respect to the period while they were severally operated by the Netherlands Government for the United States Government during the 7 (c) period. C. The following further shipping claims of the Netherlands Govern- ment against the United States Government are among those settled by this Agreement: 1. A portion of the costs (not paid by the United States Navy) of arming certain Netherlands ships chartered pursuant to the June 5 Memorandum and allocated to the United States Govern- ment. 2. 80%, payable in dollars, of the hire increase on ships chartered pursuant to the June 5 Memorandum (the hire increase being one shilling per deadweight ton per month from July 1, 1944 until redelivery and (due to the waiver of off-hire insurance) sixpence per deadweight ton per month from July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944). The allowance made by the United States Government in respect of this claim is accepted by the Netherlands Govern- ment in satisfaction of its claim under the June 5 Memorandum for 80%, payable in dollars, of such hire increase. 3. Dollar expenditures for free Netherlands ships in United States ports between August 21, 1941 and September 30, 1945 of a type eligible for lend-lease. 4. Charter hire in the amount of $180,000 under "bareboat out-time. charter back" chartering arrangements (claim withdrawn in consideration of the withdrawal by the United States Govern- ment of its claim for reduction of charter hire under such arrangements). II. CLAIMS Or TE UNrrED STATES GOVERNMENT A. The following claims of the United States Government against the Netherlands Government are among those settled by this Agree- ment: 1. Equipment of the United States Government left aboard the large U. S. 7(c) ships, as stated in sub-paragraph IA2(iii) of this Appendix. 2. Dollar amounts due for retroactive reverse lend-lease under the exchange of letters between E. C. Zimmerman, Chairman of the Netherlands Purchasing Commission, and Charles Denby, Spe- cial Assistant for Reciprocal Aid, Foreign Economic Adminis- tration, dated September 20 and 26, 1944. Shipping claims

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