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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. January 24, March 2, April 9,14, 1948 [T. I. A. S. 1981] Agreement between the United States of America and Canadarespecting the transfer of defense installations and equipment, extending and modifying the agreement of March 30, 1946. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Ottawa January 24 and March 2, 1948; entered into force March 2, 1948, operative retroactively to April 1, 1947. And supplementary exchange of notes signed at OttawaApril 9 and 14, 1948. The CanadianSecretary of State for External Affairs to the American Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CANADA No. 20 OTTAWA, January24th, 1948. 60 Stat. 1741, 1751. 60 Stat. 1743. EXCELLENCY, I have the honour to refer to the Exchange of Notes of March 30, 1946 (No. 44 from this Department to you and your Note No. 470) on the subject of war surpluses and related matters. 2. Paragraph 10 of Note No. 44 referred to reads as follows: "At the request of the Canadian Government, and in order to provide equipment necessary for the training programs of the Canadian armed forces, the United States Government will en- deavour to make available surplus military type equipment, up to April 1, 1947, in such quantities and at such prices as may be negotiated between the two Governments up to a maximum cost of $7,000,000 (U. S .) . The Canadian Government will make a payment on account into a suspense account of the United States Government of $7,000,000 (U. S .) to apply against such pur- chases. If the United States Government is unable to provide under this agreement the amount of equipment that the Canadian Government desires to purchase and therefore the payment on account should exceed the amount finally determined to be pay- able, the excess remaining in the suspense account will be returned to the Canadian Government." 3. In my Note No. 126 of October 10, 1947,[ 1] the request was made that steps be taken to reduce to U. S. $6,000,000 the Canadian deposit of U. S. $7,000,000 paid into a suspense account of the United States Government as a result of these arrangements, and, in your Note No. 783 of December 4, 1947, [l] you replied that U. S. $1,000,000 had been returned to the relevant Canadian authorities in accordance with my request. 4. As a recent Order-in-Council of my Government has limited to U. S. $3,800,000 the amount to be spent on purchases of the surplus ' Not printed. 3912

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