AGREEMENT RELATING TO SUPPLIES AND SERVICES Signed at Washington April 17, 1945 WITH MEMORANDUM OF INTERPRETATION Signed at Washington April 17, 1945 AND EXCHANGES OF NOTES Signed at Washington April 17 and 19 AGREEMENT RELATING TO PRINCIPLES APPLYING TO THE For sale by he Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 5 cente DEPOSITED BY THE NITED STATES OF AMERICA JUL 29 46 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND BELGIUM UNDER SECTION 3 (c) OF THE LEND-LEASE ACT [1] As parties signatory to the United Nations Declaration of January 1, 1942, [2] the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Belgium have pledged themselves to employ their full resources, military and economic, against those nations with which they are at war. In the agreement of June 16, 1942 [3] between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Belgium, each contracting Government undertook to provide the other with such articles, services, facilities and information useful in the prosecution of their common war undertaking as each may be in a position to supply. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Belgium desire to insure the continuing provision of such articles, services, facilities or information without interruption owing to any uncertainty as to the date when the military resistance of the common enemy may cease; and desire to insure further that such articles, services, facilities or information as shall be agreed to be furnished by the United States for the purpose of providing war aid to the Government of Belgium, shall be disposed of and transferred, following a determination by the President that such aid is no longer necessary to the prosecution of the war, in an orderly manner which will best promote their mutual interests. For the purpose of attaining the above-stated objectives, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Belgium agree as follows: ARTICLE I All aid undertaken to be provided by the United States of America under this agreement shall be for Metropolitan Belgium and shall be made available under the authority and subject to the terms and conditions of the Act of Congress of March 11, 1941, as amended and any appropriation acts thereunder. ARTICLE II The United States of America will transfer or render to the GoTernment of Belgium such of the articles and services set forth i the Schedule annexed hereto as the President of the United State of America may authorize to be provided prior to a determination by the President that such articles and services are no longer neces sary to the prosecution of the war. Any articles and services se forth in that Schedule transferred or rendered to the Governmers of Belgium prior to such determination shall be provided upon teras the final determination of which shall be deferred until the exter: of lend-lease aid provided by the United States of America and of reciprocal aid provided by the Government of Belgium is known and until the progress of events makes clearer the final terms, conditions and benefits which will be in the mutual interests of the United States of America and Belgium in accordance with the terms of the agree ment of June 16, 1942, and which will promote the establishment and maintenance of world peace. ARTICLE III After a determination by the President of the United States of America that any of the articles and services set forth in the Schedule annexed hereto are no longer necessary to the prosecution of the war, the United States of America will transfer or render, within such periods of time as may be authorized by law, and the Government of Belgium will accept, such articles and services as shall not have been transferred or rendered to the Government of Belgium prior to said determination. The Government of Belgium undertakes to pay the United States of America in dollars for the articles and services transferred or rendered under the provisions of this Article in accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed in the Schedule annexed hereto. ARTICLE IV Changes may be made from time to time in the items set forth in the Schedule annexed hereto, by mutual agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Belgium. The Government of Belgium shall be released from its obligation to accept articles or services, under Article III above, upon payment to the Government of the United States of America of any net losses to the Government of the United States of America including contract cancellation charges resulting from the determination of the Government of Belgium not to accept such articles or services. Delivery of any articles or services, under the provisions of Article II may be withheld by the Government of the United States of Amerca without cost to the Government of Belgium whenever the Presilent determines that such action is in the national interest. ARTICLE V Any amounts paid to the Government of the United States of Amerca pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be mong the benefits or considerations provided by the Government of Belgium pursuant to Article VI of the agreement of June 16, 1942. ARTICLE VI This Agreement shall take effect as from this day's date. It shall continue in force until a date to be agreed upon by the two Governments. Signed and sealed at Washington this 17th day of April, 1945. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The terms and conditions upon which the articles and services listed below are to be transferred by the United States of America to the Government of Belgium after the determination by the President of the United States of America that such aid is no longer necessary to the prosecution of the war, in accordance with Article III of this Agreement, are as follows: A. Unless otherwise provided by mutual agreement, transfers of articles to the Government of Belgium shall take place immediately upon loading of the articles on board ocean vessel in a United States port, provided, that those articles which, prior to the end of the periods authorized by law, shall have been contracted for by the United States Government and shall not have been transferred to the Government |