841.24/720: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )

3613. In reply to your 405933 the changes suggested by the Chancellor are satisfactory, subject to minor drafting changes suggested below to make clear the understanding that references to “Lend-Lease materials” appearing subsequent to Paragraph 1 of Section 2 mean materials similar to those provided under Lend-Lease and not actual Lend-Lease materials themselves. Otherwise there would be an inconsistency with Paragraph 1 of Section 2.

To accomplish this result suggest the following: First sentence of new paragraph proposed by Chancellor for insertion between revised Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 to read:

“His Majesty’s Government have not applied and will not apply any materials similar to those supplied under Lend-Lease in such a way as [Page 31] to enable their exporters to enter new markets or to extend their export trade at the expense of United States exporters.

Subdivision (i) of Paragraph 3 of the Chancellor’s original statement to begin “In the future no materials of a type the use of which is being restricted in the United States, etc.”

The last sentence of Paragraph 3 of the Chancellor’s original statement to read “Materials similar to those being provided under Lend-Lease which are not in short supply in the United States will not be used for export in quantities greater than those which we ourselves produce or buy from any source.”

We would like very much to announce this agreement in the President’s Lend-Lease report to Congress, planned for September 9. Can you advise at your early convenience if foregoing is satisfactory.

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