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    "ocrText": "2\nOCTOBER 1, 1941 TO JUNE 30, 1942\nThe First (Moscow) Protocol (Signed October 1, 1941)\nIn late September 1941, representatives from the United States and the United Kingdom\nmet with Soviet officials in Moscow to determine Soviet needs and to inform the Soviet\nGovernment of the extent to which supplies could be furnished to aid the Soviet war effort.\nThis conference resulted in the Moscow Protocol, the first of a series of tri-partite\nagreements between the United States and the United Kingdom as the supplying countries and\nthe U.S.S.R. as the recipient. This Protocol listed the specific items which the supplying\ncountries agreed to furnish to the U.S.S.R. to aid in the defeat of the common enemy.\nUnited States entry into the war caused a serious interruption in the procurement and\nshipment of supplies under the First Protocol as material and shipping were diverted for\nthe vital needs of U.S. forces. Difficulties in the adjustment of U.S. specifications to\nmeet Soviet standards delayed procurement. However, after the seizure of all military\nsupplies in this country by U.S. forces on December 8, 1941, the President directed on\nDecember 28, 1941 that monthly Protocol deliveries be reestablished as of January 1, 1942,\nand that all deficits be made up by April 1. A second directive from the President on\nMarch 17, 1942 placed Protocol commitments above other war programs.\nSoviet dollar balances represented but a small portion of the financial needs for im-\nplementation of the First Protocol. In October 1941 and January 1942, additional advances\ntotalling $50,000,000 were made by the U.S. Treasury against the future delivery of gold.\nOn November 7, 1941, the President declared the U.S.S.R. eligible for lend-lease aid and\ngranted to the U.S.S.R. the first of two lend-lease credits of one billion dollars each.\nThese credits were absorbed by the U.S.S.R. Master Lend-Lease Agreement executed on June\n11, 1942.\nBy the end of the First Protocol period, June 30, 1942, approximately 80 percent of\nthe estimated value of the supplies which the U.S. had agreed to make available \"at U.S.\ncenters of production\" had been made ready for shipment. The value of extra-Protocol\nitems made available more than compensated for the deficiencies in Protocol items.\nU.S. supplies amounting to 1,273,600 long tons were shipped during the first Protocol\nperiod. Together with 146,600 long tons of supplies from other sources in the Western\nHemisphere, a total of 1,420,300 long tons were shipped. Of this total, 306,700 long tons\nwere lost at sea, primarily on the route to Murmansk. Twenty-two additional vessels en-\nroute to Murmansk were unloaded in the United Kingdom during May and June to await movement\nto North Russia under the more favorable conditions of winter darkness. Cargo from these\nships which could be used by allied forces in the United Kingdom were transferred from\nSoviet account.\nA summary of cargo shipped during the First Protocol period is given below.\nShipments from the Western Hemisphere to the U.S.S.R.\nOctober 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942\n(Long Tons)\nRoute\nDistribution\nType of Cargo\nof Total\nAtlantic\nPacific\nTotal\nTonnage\nU.S. Supplies\nR.R. Transportation Equipment\no\no\no\n0%\nTrucks and Other Vehicles\n214,148\n16\n214,164\n15\nMetals\n411,619\n12,906\n424,525\n30\nChemicals and Explosives\n55,542\n465\n56,007\n4\nPetroleum Products\n132,459\n35,536\n167,995\n12\nMachinery and Equipment\n29,116\n576\n29,692\n2\nFood\n129,999\n175,038\n305,037\n22\nOther U.S. Supplies\n74,281\n1,943\n76,224\n5\nU.S. Total\n1,047,164\n226,480\n1,273,644\n90\nCanadian and British Supplies\n137,841\n8,770\n146,611\n10\nSupplies from Other Sources\no\no\no\no\nTotal\n1,185,005\n235,250\n1,420,255\n100%\nDuring this period a total of 1,311 aircraft left the United States for the Soviet Union,\n72 by air via the South Atlantic and 1,239 by water. Other items shipped during the\nperiod included 263 marine engines, 2,010 tanks, 20 field repair trucks, 6,292 jeeps,\n36,881 trucks, 1,200 motorcycles, 171 tractors, 70,491 submachine guns, 1,887 short tons\nof smokeless powder and 10,488 short tons of TNT.\n14-054"
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