Continuation of efforts to negotiate a lend lease settlement agreement with the Soviet Union; the agreement of September 27, 1949, for the return of certain naval vessels 1
1. For previous documentation on this subject, and the return of eight merchant vessels, see Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. iv, pp. 950 ff. For the text of the Lend-Lease Act, approved March 11, 1941, see 55 Stat. 31; and for the text of the Master Lend-Lease Agreement with the Soviet Union signed in Washington on June 11, 1942, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series 253, or 56 Stat. (pt. 2) 1500.
[441] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy (Matthews)
Washington, September 28,
1949.
861.24/9–2849
[442] The Chargé of the Soviet Union (Bazykin) to the Secretary of State
Washington, September 30,
1949.
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[443] The Chargé of the Soviet Union (Bazykin) to the Secretary of State
Washington, September 30,
1949.
861.24/9–3049
[444] The Secretary of the Navy (Matthews) to the Secretary of State
Washington, 10 October
1949.
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[445] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Webb)
[Washington,] October 19, 1949.
861.24/10–1949
[446] The Secretary of the Navy (Matthews) to the Acting Secretary of State
Washington, 25 October
1949.
861.24/10–2549
[447] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Country Specialist in the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Truesdell)
[Washington,] October 28, 1949.
861.24/10–2849
[448] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Webb)
[Washington,]
November 12, 1949.
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[449] Minutes of Meeting of the Subcommittee on Naval Ships
[Washington,] December 14, 1949.
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