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    "ocrText": "657\nPREPARING OFFICE\nWILL INDICATE WHETHER\nTELEGRAM SENT\nPREPARING OFFICE WILL\nTYPE HERE CLEARLY THE\nCollect\nCLASSIFICATION OF THE\nDepartment of State\nMESSAGE\n65.1\nCharge Department:\n141\n-\nWashington\nCharge to\ncoordinated with you. He now reports that Chinese desire all supplies\nnow in Calcutta, aggregating approximately 36 thousand tons which includes\n57 hundred boxed three-ton Dodge commercial trucks. Johnson has recommended\nrelease of balance of FEA supplies located at Chabua and Sukkur as surplus.\nWith respect to the 57 hundred trucks located in Caloutta, Johnson indicates\na good commercial market in Philippines. FLC, Washington, proposed to\nadvise Johnson, subject to his obtaining your concurrence, that he may\ndispose of Calcutta stockpile to Chinese under Lend-Lease Act on payment\nterms to be negotiated and to declare surplus to FLC for normal surplus\ndisposition of stockpiles in Sukkur and Chabua as soon as formal rejection\nis received from Chinese.\nB. Unless you determine to the contrary, fact that disposition\nof this category of supplies is rather far advanced and desirability of\nrelieving burden on India-Burma Theatre makes it seem wise to continue to\ntreat this question separately rather than to include it in any overall\nsettlement but any obligation created as a result of such disposition may\nbe considered in the overall settlement.\nARCHIVES\n8. Surplus U.S. Property in China.\n:\nSERVICE\nA. This category divides into the Army surpluses in West\nChina and those in East China. General Wedemeyer has already disposed of\nArmy surpluses in West China for $5 million down-payment, plus $20 million\nto be paid on 3(c) terms and plus reduction of U.S.Yuan debt by 5,160,000,000\nTuan. Chinese agreed that if dollar value of Yuan advances to U.S. Army\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nOSD letter, May 3, 1972\nBYALTJH NARS Date 6.25.75"
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