893.24/1229: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 14—5:45 p.m.]
6050. Our 5743, [November] 28.54 Following informal Foreign Office note, dated December 13th, received today: [Page 766]
“On 8th November you raised with me the exemption from import duty of Lend-Lease equipment imported into Burma for the assembly of Lend-Lease materials for China and also of Lend-Lease trucks imported into Burma for the transport of Lend-Lease materials to China.
I am now glad to be able to inform you that arrangements have been made to exempt such materials from duty on importation into Burma. There remains the question of how these materials are ultimately to be disposed of, but this I suggest can be left for discussion at a later date.”
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