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61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-IMUTUAL AID SETTLEMENT-MAY 28, 1947 2. Claims in the amount of $882,661.76 for all articles and services supplied to the United States Armed Forces in the Terri- tories of Surinam and Curacao from September 2, 1945 to August 31, 1946 ($862,128.59 claimed from the United States Army and $20.533.17 from the United States Navy). 3. Claims in the amount of $1,500,000 for those articles (such as coal, wood and cement) which were supplied to the United States Armed Forces in the Netherlands under reciprocal aid procedures before September 2, 1945 and subsequently determined to be in- eligible for reciprocal aid on the grounds that they were in very scarce supply and essential to the Netherlands economy and had to be replaced from abroad. 4. Claims in the amount of $735,000 for airplanes (Beechcraft) originally bought and paid for by the Netherlands Government and turned over to the United States Army on the termination of the Netherlands Flying School at Jackson, Mississippi. B. All other claims for articles and services supplied to the United States Armed Forces in the Netherlands from September 2, 1945 to March 31,1946. I should appreciate your advising me whether the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding. Sincerely yours, A. LOuDON Ambassador of the Netherlands The Honorable GEORGE C. MARSHALL, Secretary of State. The Secretary of State to the Netherlands Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON May S8, 1947 MY DEAR MR. AMBASSADOR: I have your letter of today listing certain claims of the Govern- ment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands against the United States War and Navy Departments and stating that those claims are settled by the mutual undertakings in the Agreement for the settlement of lend-lease and other war accounts signed today between our two Governments. I am glad to confirm that your letter is in accordance with the understanding of my Government. Sincerely yours, G. C. MARSTAT. His Excellency Dr. A . LouDON, Ambassador of the Netherlads- 3943