Editorial Note
Documents in Department of State file 732.56 for 1952–1954 indicate that during these years the Brazilian Government remitted to the United States three payments of $5 million each, and two payments of $500,000 each under the provisions, respectively, of the Brazilian Lend-Lease Settlement Arrangement of April 15, 1948, and Supplement No. 1, dated April 19, 1950, to the Settlement Arrangement. For text of the Settlement Arrangement, see Foreign Relations, 1948, volume ix, pages 383–387; the exchange of notes constituting the supplementary agreement is contained under cover of a memorandum, dated April 25, 1950, by Charles W. Kempter of the Lend-Lease and Surplus Property Staff (732.56/4–1950).
These remittances completed payment of obligations amounting to $72.144 million assumed by Brazil under lend-lease settlement terms. For text of Department of State press release 358, dated July 1, 1954, and related statements with respect to Brazil’s fulfillment of its lendlease obligations, see Department of State Bulletin, July 12, 1954, pages 47–48.