817.24/9–2547
The Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy ( Ness ) to the Commissioner of Accounts of the Treasury Department ( Maxwell )
My Dear Mr. Maxwell: This letter is in reference to your three letters, LL–81–JJR, to Mr. Shenefield, dated September 22, 1947 concerning the Dominican Republic lend-lease account, dated September [Page 128] 25, 1947 concerning the Nicaragua account, and dated September 22, 1947 concerning the Paraguay account.40
It is noted that the net charges to date (total sums to be paid the United States on lend-lease account) indicated in the subject letters are based on the language of the lend-lease agreements with the respective countries, which provides for payment of a definite amount of dollars for an authorized maximum value of deliveries in dollars. In the agreements with the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Haiti, and Cuba no specific provision was made for receiving payment for actual deliveries in the proportion of the maximum dollar obligations to the maximum authorized deliveries.
It is the policy of the Department of State, as expressed in my letter to Mr. Cavanaugh of February 27, 1947, that payment for actual deliveries shall be requested from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Cuba, as in the case of all of the other Latin American countries except Haiti, in the ratio of total obligations specified by the agreements to delivery ceilings specified by the agreements. In the case of Haiti, where actual deliveries exceeded the specified ceiling, this Department considers the total payment specified by the agreement to be due, and expects to negotiate with the Government of Haiti concerning additional payment for excess transfers.
According to our calculations on the above basis, the balance now due from the Dominican Republic is $91,000 rather than $458,000; the balance due from Nicaragua is $509,000 rather than $779,578.60; and the balance due from Paraguay is $12,000 rather than $267,000. This Department is considering appropriate means of pressing for payment of the sums due from these countries as well as from other American republics which are in arrears on their obligations.
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Sincerely yours,
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