Continuation of efforts to negotiate a lend lease settlement agreement with the Soviet Union; the agreement of September 27, 1949, for the return of certain naval vessels 1

1. For previous documentation on this subject, and the return of eight merchant vessels, see Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. iv, pp. 950 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 253, or 56 Stat. (pt. 2) 1500.


[417] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

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[420] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

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[428] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

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[431] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

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[438] Minutes of Meeting of the Subcommittee on Naval Ships

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