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1457 58 STAT.] ICELAND-AID FOR DEFENSE-NOV. 21 , 1941 Signed in duplicate in the English language at Washington, this twenty-first day of November 1941. FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CORDTEL HULL Secretary of State of the United States of America FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND VnjixJALMi TH6R. Chairman of the Iceland Trade Delegation BSG. ASGEISSON Member of the Delegation BJORN OLAFSSON Member of the Delegation RELATED NOTE The Secretary of State to the Appointed Minister of Iceland DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINMTN November 21, 1941 SIm: I have the honor to refer to the Lend-Lease Agreement signed today by representatives of the Government of Iceland and of the Govern- ment of the United States and to assure you that in taking action under Article II of the Agreement the Government of the United States will consent to transfers of defense articles by the Government of Iceland to usual distributing agencies within Iceland, provided that such articles will not be reexported from Iceland without the prior con- sent of the United States Government and will be distributed by such agencies only for the purposes which may be set forth in the pertinent requisitions filed with the Lend-Lease Administration. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. CORDELL HULL The Honorable THOR THORS, Appointed Minister of Iceland.