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443 PREPARING OFFICE 50-10 WILL INDICATE WHETHER TO TRANSMITTED (Full rate TELEGRAM SENT SECRET Collect Day letter CONFIDENTIAL Night letter NESTRICTED Charge Department: Bepartment nf State CLEAR Full rate PARTAIR Day letter -2- Night letter Charge to $ certain inland transportation costs of strategic materials. Please make this clear to Mr. Fowler. 3. Department and other interested agencies have from the outset contemplated that actual purchases of strategic materials from China would not (repeat not) be covered by the proposed agreement, and the Counselor of the Chinese Embassy was so informed orally in the conversation described in Department s cook 659 Nay 34, 9 p.l. You may so inform Mr. Arthur $3.27 to PAM of is Young and Mr. Fowler pointing out at the same time that the entire concept of lend-lease agreements is that they are entirely voluntary and that agreements on this subject merely set forth general principles to be followed by the parties thereto, de- tails of actual transfers to be worked out subsequently by mu- a#. frago tual agreement between the appropriate Chinese and American authorities. 4. Department has experienced difficulties and delays in reaching full understanding with other interested agencies as to accounting procedures to be followed under proposed reverse lend-lease agreement. In view of the novelty and complexity of the proposed exchange and currency arrangements, this is not surprising and Department is inclined to be encouraged, the by Jone progress the prosant dagnes of unanimity. On or about July 20 Department Enciphored by presented Sent by operator M., 19 . ....

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