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 61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-IMUTUAL AID SETTLEMENT--MAY 28, 1947 MEMORANDUM OF ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS Memorandum of Arrangement between the Government of the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the United States Government), of the one part, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (hereinafter re- ferred to as the United Kingdom Government), represented by the Minister of Transport, of the second part, and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (hereinafter referred to as the Netherlands Government), of the third part. 1. As used in this Memorandum: A. The term "June 5 Memorandum" means the "Memorandum of Arrangement Regarding Netherland East Indies Shipping. 5th June, 1942.", and the amendments thereto, between the United Kingdom Government and the Netherlands Government. B. The term "Dollar Agreement" means the "Memorandum of Agreement for Payment of Hire on Netherlands Vessels Chartered to the British Minister of War Transport under the Memorandum of June 5th, 1942, as amended", dated as of June 5, 1942, between the United States Government and the United Kingdom Govern- ment. C. The term "7 (c) ships" means the ships listed in Annex A hereto. D. The term "7 (c) period" means, in the case of each 7 (c) ship, the period commencing the date, on or about May 23, 1945, on which the ship became subject either to the exchange of notes between the Netherlands Embassy at Washington and the United States Department of State, dated June 6, 1945 and July 31, 1945, or to the exchange of notes between the Netherlands Embassy at London and the British Foreign Office, dated June 9, 1945 and August 11, 1945, and ending on the date of redelivery to the Netherlands Government or March 2, 1946, whichever was the earlier. 2. The three Governments have discussed certain claims regarding dollar overpayments of charter hire by the United Kingdom Govern- ment to the Netherlands Government under the June 5 Memorandum, corresponding overpayments by the United States Government to the United Kingdom Government under the Dollar Agreement, and ad- justments of charter hire under the June 5 Memorandum. Annexes A, B, C, D, and E hereto are copies of letters exchanged between the "June 5 Memoran. dum. " " Dollar Agree- ment." "7 (c) ships." "7 (e) period." 3951

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