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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. (ii) to grant or withhold approval of such disposal, except in respect to articles (other than those rendered, prior to disposal, unfit for military use) defined as arms, ammunition, and implements of war by Proclamation number 2776 issued by the President of the United Ante, p. 14 . States on March 26, 1948, 13 Federal Register 1623, March 27, 1948, and (iii) to any further proceeds of such disposal, except as has already been provided for by the Middle East Ant7e,P. 18 Stores Disposal Agreement of January 7, 1948, to the extent that these rights have not already been exercised. (c) The Government of the United States relinquishes its right, in respect to lend-lease articles disposed of for scrap (paragraph 60Stat. 1541. 8 of Agreement IV), to any further payment for net proceeds of such disposals not already received and not provided for by the Middle East Stores Disposal Agreement of January 7, 1948. 4. Specific Claims Accepted for Offset During the course of the negotiations leading to this Agreement, representatives of the two Governments have discussed certain claims of each Government against the other, with the objective of arriving at as comprehensive a settlement as possible. The following claims were accepted by the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom respectively for offset in this settlement and com- puted in the amounts indicated below in arriving at the net balance set forth in item (a) (ii) of numbered paragraph 1 above: (a) Claims by the Government of the United States accepted by the Government of the United Kingdom (i) Lend-lease interest in fixed assets in Iran disposed of by the United Kingdom $ 650,000 (ii) Rentals of equipment to the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company since September 2, 1945 47, 000 (iii) Disposal of lend-lease uniform shorts in Kenya 285, 000 (iv) Sales of tires in the Middle East by the United Kingdom Commercial Company 130, 000 (v) Freight charges, ineligible for lend-lease, on transportation of United Kingdom Commercial Company supplies 1, 078, 000 (vi) Lend-lease rubber retransferred to Fin- land 261,000 (vii) Lend-lease rescue boats 300, 000 (viii) Financial interest in lend-lease military holdings of the British forces in Germany 5, 000, 000 2036