Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume IV

861.24/10–647

The Acting Chief of the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War Property Affairs (Shenefield) to the Acting Chief of Lend-Lease Fiscal Operations, Treasury Department (Bath)

Washington, October 9, 1947.

My Dear Mr. Bath: There is enclosed herewith check 62139 of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. in the amount of $720,413.77 in partial payment for the amount due from the Soviet Government for lend-lease supplies delivered in accordance with the cash payment terms of a letter from Mr. Leo T. Crowley to Lieutenant General L. G. Rudenko dated May 30, 1945.¹ Copies of the letter of transmittal dated October 6, 1947 from Mr. I. A. Eremin, Chairman, The Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. together with attached statement are also enclosed.²

I would appreciate your making the appropriate credit to the Soviet account and communicating directly with the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. with respect to any discrepancies.

Your acknowledgment will be appreciated.³

Sincerely yours,

Hale T. Shenefield

1. Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. v, p. 1009.
2. Not printed. In a similar letter of November 4, Mr. Shenefield, then signing as Chief of the Lend-Lease and Surplus (War) Property Branch of the Division of Economic Property Policy, sent to Mr. Bath another check number 62143 of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the amount of $459,041.50 for the same purpose.
3. The acknowledgment was sent on October 14.