Continuation of efforts to negotiate a lend lease settlement agreement with the Soviet Union; the agreement of September 27, 1949, for the return of certain naval vessels 1

1. For previous documentation on this subject, and the return of eight merchant vessels, see Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. iv, pp. 950 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 253, or 56 Stat. (pt. 2) 1500.


[440] United States Side Minutes of Combined Meeting

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[441] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy (Matthews)

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[444] The Secretary of the Navy (Matthews) to the Secretary of State

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[445] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Webb)

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[448] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Webb)

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[449] Minutes of Meeting of the Subcommittee on Naval Ships

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