Office of the Historian

890F.24/41a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Appointed Minister Resident in Saudi Arabia (Moose)

Washington, July 3, 1943—6 p.m.

30. The implication of paragraph (d) of enclosure no. 3 of Cairo’s despatch no. 1005 of April 26, 194370 seems to be that the representations required pursuant to Sections 4 and 7 of the Lend-Lease Act will be included in a receipt obtained each time goods are transferred to the Saudi Arabian Government. This is not necessary, since the representations, which usually take the form of the letter quoted in Department’s telegram no. 14 of April 21, 1943, 9 p.m., are intended upon signature by the appropriate Saudi Arabian official to cover all subsequent requisitions for lend-lease assistance. This signature is usually obtained prior to the approval by this Government of lend-lease requisitions and in any case should be obtained before the transfer of lend-lease materials to the requisitioning government. This may not have been made entirely clear in the telegram under reference.

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