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.


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

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

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[453] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State

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[456] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow

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[457] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow

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[459] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

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

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

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[464] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State

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[465] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Smith ) to the Secretary of State

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

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[469] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State at Moscow

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