Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 3.djvu/208

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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. 8. General Waiver of Claims 61 Stat., Pt.4, p.4176. 62 Stat., Pt.3, p.326. 61 Stat., Pt.4, p.4177. 61 Stat, NPt.4,p.4179. The two Governments hereby agree that all financial claims what- soever of each Government against the other which: (a) have arisen or may hereafter arise out of lend-lease or recip- rocal aid, or (b) otherwise have arisen or may hereafter arise out of incidents or transactions occurring on or after September 3, 1939 and prior to September 2, 1945 connected with or incidental to thegconduct of World War II, or (c) have arisen or may hereafter arise out of the furnishing of supplies and services (including utilities, facilities, goods and properties) by the Armed Forces of the United States to the Government of France or its overseas territories, or by the Government of France to the Armed Forces of the United States, from September 2, 1945 to December 31, 1946, inclusive; and which (i) are not otherwise dealt with in this Agreement, (ii) were not specifically dealt with in the Memorandum of Understanding of May 28, 1946 and Annexes thereto, and (iii) were not specifically dealt with in the exchange of notes of February 27, 1948 between the two Governments regarding expenditures of the United States Armed Forces in France and French overseas territories, are hereby waived, notwithstanding paragraph 6 (d) of the Memorandum of Under- standing of May 28, 1946, whether or not the liability for payment was acknowledged and the method of computation agreed. 9. Surplus War Property The United States Government has now delivered and the French Government has acquired possession of and title to the surplus war property described in the Memorandum of Understanding of May 28, 1946 under paragraph 1 of Annex 3a entitled Agreement Relating to the Transfer of Surplus United States Army and Navy Property and Installations in France and Certain French Overseas Territories. The United States Government hereby certifies that the quantity and value of the property received by the French Govern- ment is not materially different from that which was contemplated at the time of execution of that Agreement, and therefore the two Governments agree that the United States Government has fulfilled its obligations under that Agreement. 10. Miscellaneous Provisions (a) The French Government will make no further payment to the United States Government for lend-lease articles here- tofore or hereafter retransferred to the Government of France by any third government where consent for the retransfer of the specific articles was given by the United States Government prior to the date of this Agreement. 2512