INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. I have the honor to confirm the above understanding. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. WANG SHIH-CHIEH His Excellency Dr. J. LEIGHTON STTART, Ambassador of the United States of America to China, Nanking. The American Embassy to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 560 AIDE-MEMOIRE With reference to Aide-Memoires numbered 530, 531 and 532 [1] of July 19, 1948, and subsequent discussions of the subjects treated there- in between Dr. Tung Ling of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an officer of the Embassy, the Embassy reported to the Department of State the views of the Ministry as presented. In deference to the views of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the amendments re- Ante, p. 294. quested in the Economic Aid Agreement and the annexed Note are unnecessary, the Department of State has now authorized the Embassy to withdraw its request for such amendments. Apart from the question of amendment, however, the Department of State has requested the Embassy to bring to the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the importance attached by the United States Government to the omission from paragraph 1 of Article VI of the language cited in the Embassy's Aide-Memoire No. 532 of July 19.[l] Accordingly the Embassy would appreciate confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it concurs in the interpretation of the United States Government that "specific measures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph", which sen- Ane, p. 2950. tence appears in paragraph 1 of Article VI of the Agreement, com- prehends the promotion of the increased production of such materials in China and the removal of any hindrance to the transfer of such materials to the United States of America. NANKING, July 27,1948 'Not printed. 2980
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