Office of the Historian

Paris Embassy Files: Lot 55F–139 Box 2, File 631

The Secretary of State to the French Chargé (Lacoste)91

Washington, November 8, 1945.

Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your note of today’s date concerning the understanding reached during our recent discussions pursuant to Article VII of the Master Lend-Lease Agreement between the United States of America and the Provisional Government of France dated February 28, 1945, and I hereby confirm your statement of the understanding reached as therein set out.

Accept [etc.]

[File copy not signed]
  1. Copy transmitted to Paris as enclosure to instruction 1658, December 6, 1945 (not printed).↩