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 e3 STAT.] FRANCE-FINANCIAL CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS-MAU R 14, 1949 (N) Other overseas transfers of articles and services by the United States Army, including those for which pay- ment has not previously been specifically requested (O) Air Transport Command charges covering transport of Government of France personnel or cargo not eligible for lend-lease (P) Army-Navy petroleum deliveries to the French Gov- ernment overseas. (b) Claims of the Government of France against the Government of the United States to be paid as indicated: (i) By delivery of $2,119,871.19 by the Government of the United States to the Government of France upon the sign- ing of this Agreement: (A) Losses on coal purchased and paid for by the Govern- ment of France from the Government of the United States and rendered useless by spontaneous combustion before arrival in France (B) French Government deposits with United States Treas- ury and Navy Departments in excess of amounts re- quired for cash reimbursement lend-lease requisitions on which deliveries have been completed. (ii) By payment of $4,000,000 by the Government of the United States to the Government of France through deduction from agreed sums due and hereafter becoming due in respect of ships purchased by the Government of France from the United States Maritime Commission: (A) Expenditures made by the Government of France for services rendered during the period from November 1, 1945 to April 1, 1946 to United States War Sbipping Administration vessels in France and French overseas territories, and expenditures for such services rendered prior to such period for items not eligible for recipro- cal aid. (c) Claims of the Government of the United States against the Government of France to be paid by the Government of France under the terms of the exchange of letters, dated December 6, 1947, between the French Minister of Finance and the United States Central Field Commissioner for Europe: (i) Rentals in the amount of $449,428.57 payable to the Govern- ment of the United States under agreements whereby cer- tain United States Government surplus property was leased to the Government of France for the operation of harbor facilities at Cherbourg, Morlaix, Brest, St. Nazaire and Le Havre (ii) Purchase price in the amount of $4,000,000 for 262 lend- lease naval vessels sold to the Government of France. 2509

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