861.24/10–1545
The Foreign Economic Administrator (Crowley) to the Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. (Rudenko)
Dear General Rudenko: I wish to confirm our conversation of today in connection with the signature of the agreement between the United States and the U.S.S.R. on the purchase by your Government of the lend-lease supplies in inventory or under contract in the United States.15
With reference to Article V, I wish to assure you that it is the intention of this Government to provide your Government with articles of good quality. Since this Government cannot, however, guarantee the quality of the articles we have agreed to assign to your government any assignable rights we may have against the suppliers. As I have told you, we will also cooperate with your Government in its efforts to effectuate satisfactory settlements in connection with any claims which may arise under such assignment.
With reference to the lists of articles and contracts in Schedules I–A and I–B, it is provided in Article III of the agreement that additions or deletions to such lists may be made from time to time by mutual agreement of the parties. In view of the fact, however, that the present lists do not include the latest additions or deletions desired by your Government, we will accept (a) such additions as may be submitted by you during the next two days which meet the requirements set forth in the first paragraph of Article II, and (b) such deletions as you may submit during the next two days not in excess of $15 million in value.
Sincerely yours,
- For text of agreement on disposition of Lend-Lease supplies in inventory or procurement in the United States, signed at Washington on October 15, 1945, see Treaties and Other International Acts Series No. 3662, or United States Treaties and Other International Agreements Series, vol. 7 (pt. 7), p. 2819.↩