837.24/11–1848
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé of Cuba ( Barón )
The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Cuba and refers to the Department’s note of July 9, 1948, to the Embassy,1 with which there were transmitted Statements LL–15 and LL–16 reporting charges against the Government of Cuba for defense aid transferred up to March 31, 1948 under the terms of the Lend-Lease Agreement signed by representatives of the Republic of Cuba and the United States of America on November 7, 1941.2
It now may be stated that, in the absence of any further billings from the United States Government’s procurement agencies since the date covered by Statement LL–16, the figures reported in the Department’s note of July 9, 1948 are to be considered complete and final. Therefore, it will be noted that the total value placed on the defense aid transferred to the Government of Cuba, on the basis of actual cost to the Government of the United States, is $4,630,151.27 and that the overall repayment responsibility of the Government of Cuba amounts to $2,700,767.23. Since there has been received payment on account in the amount of $2,400,000, there now remains a balance due in the amount of $300,767.23.
As the Embassy may be aware, the above figures relate only to that defense aid transferred under the specific terms and conditions of the Lend-Lease Agreement and do not include such related and still outstanding accounts as those representing cash repayment transactions, Military Air Transport Service or other similar accounts.
As the Government of the United States is desirous of closing all [Page 570] outstanding accounts of this character as soon as possible, an early-settlement of these accounts will be appreciated.
- Not printed.↩
- Foreign Relations, 1941, vol. vii, p. 116.↩