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Office Memorandum
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
785
THE
OF STATE
8
TO
:
S
-
The Secretary
DATE: July 23, 1947
FROM
1947 JL 24 PM 2 25
FILE in DC-R
FE
- Mr. Vincent
sew
CA PDS
SUBJECT:
8 1/3 Group Program
OK
There is attached a copy of a memorandum, prepared in
OFLC, of a meeting held on July 18, 1947 between officers
in the Department and the Chinese Supply Commission in regard
to the 8 1/3 Group Program.
During the course of the meeting Dr. Wang, Chairman of
the Commission, was given the basis on which the transfer to
China of the materiel earmarked for the 8 1/3 Program could
be made. In brief, the terms offered were as follows:
(1) The commitments under the Program will be met up
to the limits of availability from surpluses in
the Pacific and the Zone of Interior;
(2) OFLC's field representative at Manila has been given
complete authority to negotiate a contract for the
sale of Pacific source items and trensfer of stocks
made available from the Zone of Interior would be
handled by Colonel Kingman, Field Commissioner for
Military Programs in Washington;
see marked
(3)
Under no circumstances can the transfer be made a
portion not page
part of the Bulk Sale Agreement of August 30, 1946;
(4)
No item-by-item check will be considered;
(5) Any contract must be on a cash basis although we
are prepared to offer liberal terms;
(6) Combet materiel, such as fighter aircraft and lethal
weapons, are specifically excluded although spare
parts for materiel already transferred may be
included; and
(7)
On the basis of present estimates there are avein-
able for this Program some $5,000,000 (procurement
cost) of materiel in the Pacific and $16,000,000
in the Zone of Interior.
With regard to sub-paragraph (5) above, although Dr. Wang
was notso informed, OFLC is prepared to offer open-end contracts
on about the following terms: 20-25% on spare barts and 30%
on common user items with over-all 10% di scount if considered
desireble in order to offset shortages and deterioration.
Dr. Wang
ARCHIVES
RECORDS
SERVICE
DECLASSIFIED
in
E. o. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
By NLT- He , NARS Date 6.26.75
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