Unsuccessful efforts to negotiate a lend-lease settlement agreement with the Soviet Union 1
1. For previous documentation on attempts to open negotiations with the Soviet Union for a Lend-Lease settlement agreement, and consideration of the granting of loans and credits, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. vi, pp. 818 ff. For the text of the Lend-Lease Act, approved March 11, 1941, see 55 Stat. 31; and for the text of the Master Lend-Lease Agreement with the Soviet Union signed in Washington on June 11, 1942, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 253, or 56 Stat. 1500.
[448] The Acting Chief of the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War-Property Affairs (Matlock) to Mr. Henry Waegelein, Deputy Assistant to the United States Maritime Commission
861.24/1–247
[449] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
862.24/1–1747: Telegram
[450] The Lend-Lease Administrator (Lane) to the Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the United States (Eremin)
861.24/1–3047
[451] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
862.24/2–547: Telegram
[452] Memorandum by Mr. Joseph J. O’Connell, Jr., General Counsel Department of the Treasury, to Mr. Robert W. Maxwell, Commissioner of Accounts, Department of the Treasury
861.24/2–747
[453] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State
811.79661/2–1847: Telegram
[454] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Clayton)
861.24/2–2647
[455] Memorandun by the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Clayton)
861.24/2–2747
[456] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow
861.24/3–2147: Telegram
[457] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow
861.24/3–2147: Telegram
[458] Memorandum by Mr. George E. Truesdell of the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War Property Affairs
861.24/3–2547
[459] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
861.24/3–2747: Telegram
[460] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
861.24/3–2447: Telegram
[461] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
861.51/3–2447: Telegram
[462] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs (Hickerson)
861.24/4–247
[463] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy (Ness)
861.24/4–347
[464] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State
861.24/4–547: Telegram
[465] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State
861.24/4–647: Telegram
[466] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
861.24/4–647: Telegram
[468] Memorandum by Mr. Durward V. Sandifer, Acting Legislative Counsel in the Office of the Legal Adviser
861.24/4–1647
[469] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow
861.51/4–1847: Telegram
[470] The Ambassador of the Soviet Union (Novikov) to the Acting Secretary of State
861.24/4–2547
[471] The Under Secretary of State (Acheson) to the Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal)
861.24/4–2947
[472] United States Side Minutes of First Combined Meeting on Lend-Lease Settlement Negotiations
861.24/4–3047
[474] The Secretary of War (Patterson) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
861.24/5–847
[475] The Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal) to the Secretary of State
861.24/5–847
[476] Memorandum Concerning Estimated Inventory of Lend-Lease Articles in the Possession of the Soviet Union After the Termination of Hostilities Against Japan
861.24/5–1347
[477] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal)
861.24/6–347