861.24/12–2047
The Chargé of the Soviet Union (Tsarapkin) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Thorp)
[Translation]
No. 250
Washington, December 20,
1947.
Acknowledging receipt of your letter of December 11, 1947, concerning eight lend-lease vessels, I hereby inform you that the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers that this question is subject to decision in the course of the general lend-lease settlement, concerning which concrete proposals were presented by the Soviet side to the American side on December 16, 1947.
Accept [etc.]
S. Tsarapkin