60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOMI-RUBBER-an . 28, 1946 1695 This note, together with your reply indicating acceptance by the Government of the United Kingdom of the offer contained herein, shall be deemed by the Government of the United States of America as bringing the above agreement into full force and effect. The Rubber Development Corporation will execute with the appropriate United Kingdom authority a contract embodying the details of the above agreement. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State:
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WTT.TAM L . CLAYTON His Excellency The Right Honorable THE EARL OF HALIFAX, K.G ., BritishAmbassador. The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State BRITISH EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, D.C . No. 127 March 1, 19]46 SI, I have the honour to refer to your Note of January 28th in which you stated that the Government of the United States of America was prepared to enter into an agreement for the purchase of all natural rubber allocated from all British areas in the Far East to the United States of America by the Combined Raw Materials Board or suc- cessor body. 2. I understand that the Rubber Development Corporation and the British Supply and Air Commission have reached agreement regard- ing the terms upon which such rubber shall be purchased by the United States Government. I further understand that the Rubber Develop- ment Corporation and the British Supply and Air Commission have mutually agreed (a) that the price to be paid shall be determined on the basis of the landed weight and description of such rubber and (b) that shipments of Ceylon rubber shall not be covered by the Rubber Development Corporation's contract with H. M . Government inasmuch as all shipments of rubber to the United States from Ceylon during the period September 2, 1945 to March 31, 1946 have been covered by the so-called Reciprocal Aid Pipeline Agreement. 3. This Note conveys acceptance by the Government of the United Kingdom of the offer made by the Government of the United States of America as embodied in the understanding now reached between the Rubber Development Corporation and the British Supply and Air Commission. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant The Honourable JAms F. BxIrrs, Secretary of State of the Unitd State, Washington, D. a. 80634 -48-pr. Il---88
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