61 STAT.] FRANCE--MUTUAL AID SETTLEMENT-MAY 28, 1946 4177 against tile United States Government arising out of the use or in- fringement in war production of patent rights held by them, out of the requisitioning by the United States Government for use in the war program of any property interest owned by French residents, and out of acts or omissions prior to July 1, 1946, in France or French overseas territories of members of the United States Armed Forces or civilian personnel attached to such Forces. d) During the course of the negotiations both Governments have reached agreement on the disposition of certain specific claims of one Government against the other. All other financial claims of either Government against the other, except where liability has heretofore been acknowledged and the method of computation agreed, which (1) arose out of lend-lease or reciprocal aid, or (2) otherwise arose on or after September 3, 1939, and prior to Sep- tember 2, 1945, out of or incidental to the conduct of the war, not otherwise dealt with in this Memorandum of Understanding, are hereby waived. e) Appropriate non-discriminatory treatment will be extended by the French Government to United States nationals in the use and disposition of installations in the building of which there has been a United States Government contribution and which are transferred under this settlement. f) The United States Government reserves its right of recap- ture of any lend-lease articles held by the French Armed Forces, except petroleum products and an agreed list of non-combat air- at,p. 4195. craft. The United States Government has indicated that it does not intend to exercise generally this right of recapture, except that vessels of the United States Navy and lend-lease merchant vessels are to be returned to the United States Government unless otherwise agreed. g) Disposals for military use to forces other than the French Armed Forces of lend-lease articles held on September 2, 1945, or received thereafter by the French Armed Forces, and disposals for civilian use other than in France and French overseas territories of such lend-lease articles, will be made only with the consent of the United States Government and any net proceeds will be paid to the United States Government. The French Government will not, except to a very limited extent, release for civilian use in, or export from, France and French overseas territories lend-lease articles held by the French Armed Forces. h) Except as otherwise provided in this Memorandum of Under- T 0 len standing, the French Government and the United States Government aad d receive full title to lend-lease and reciprocal aid articles respectively held as of September 2, 1945, or transferred thereafter. If any United States surplus installation not transferred under this Mem- orandum of Understanding contains a lend-lease interest, such lend- lease interest is retained by the United States.
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