The Taking Over of Dutch Ships—Agreements Regarding Exports to the Netherlands
Contents
- Negotiations for definitive rationing and tonnage
agreements—Provisional arrangement, January 25, for the employment of
Dutch ships in United States ports (Documents 439–460)
- Difficulties and delays in executing the provisional arrangement and
concluding the final agreements—Dutch request for advance grain
shipments—New tonnage proposals, with time limit for acceptance, made by
the British Government, March 8 (Documents 461–484)
- Proclamation authorizing the taking over of Dutch ships, March
20—Explanatory statement by the President—British statement in
explanation of parallel action—Terms regarding use of the ships (Documents 485–498)
- Declarations and protests of the Netherland Government, March 30 and
31—Incidental undertakings regarding disposal of the ships’ cargoes and
other points—Proposals for immediate grain shipments to the
Netherlands—American replies, April 12, to protests of the Netherland
Government—British reply, April 25 (Documents 499–529)
- Assurances given to the Netherland Government against further
requisitioning of ships—Renewed consideration of rationing
proposals—Arrangements for the sending of ships to the Netherlands upon
others coming in exchange—German requirement of
safe-conducts—Arrangements regarding the crews of requisitioned
ships (Documents 530–555)
- Request by the Netherland Government for resumption of negotiations
for a rationing agreement, June 4—Arrangements for a convoy to the
Netherland East Indies—Proposal by the United States of an offer of two
months’ rations; objections by Great Britain—Requirement by the United
States of a protest by the Netherland Government against the German
prize laws as a condition on special grain shipments (Documents 556–574)
- Resumption of exports to the Netherland East Indies, July
18—Determination of a scale of values for requisitioned
ships—Consideration of an agreement with the Netherlands Oversea
Trust (Documents 575–587)
- Agreement for the resumption of general negotiations with the
Netherland Government—American public statement on the negotiations,
September 20—Report of the Shipping Board on Dutch ships, crews, and
cargoes—American offer of coal to the Netherlands on condition of
complete embargo on food exports to Germany (Documents 588–606)
- Negotiations with Netherland representatives in London—Agreement with
the Netherland Government, November 25—Agreement with the Netherlands
Oversea Trust, December 17, adhered to by the War Trade Board (Documents 607–627)