INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. 55 Stat. 31. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 411-419. Ante, p. 52 . Ante, p. 1477. Ante, p. 1477. The American Ambassador to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ankara, February23, 1945. EXCELLENCY: Confirming the Aide Memoire which I handed to Your Excellency on October 21, 1944, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency as follows: "1. Since the Government of the United States cannot foresee its own future needs for material which it has transferred to other Governments under the provisions of the Lend-Lease Act, it would not want to bind itself at this time to relinquishing the right to request the return of such materials as it might find desirable to have returned to the United States for the reasons set forth in Article V. However, the Government of the United States would, at a mutually convenient time after the signing of the agreement, provide the Turkish Government every opportunity to discuss with the Government of the United States the retention of such materials as the Turkish Government might desire to purchase. "2. In Article VII, the signatories agree to collaborate with all other countries of like mind for the economic objectives described in that article. Since it is recognized, for example, that the reduc- tion of trade barriers is a matter for action by each country in accordance with its own constitutional procedures, provision is made for conversations to determine the best means of attaining the stated objectives of each Government by their own 'agreed' action. "3. With respect to the inquiry of the Turkish Government as to whether the signature of the agreement would be availed of by Washington to terminate Lend-Lease aid to Turkey, the response is made that it is not the intention of the Government of the United States to use the signing of the agreement as a basis for terminating Lend-Lease aid to Turkey. The amount of aid in the future will naturally depend on the material available and upon the course of the war." Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest con- sideration. LAURENCE A. STEINHARDT His Excellency HASAN SAKA, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs, Ankara. 1482
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