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Volume #12 - 116. | |
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CHAPTER II PEACE SETTLEMENT IN EUROPE | |
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PART
4 SETTLEMENT OF ALLIED ACCOUNTS | |
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SECTION
B MILITARY RELIEF | |
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DEA/2295-AH-40 |
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Secretary of State for External Affairs to Ambassador in United States | |
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TELEGRAM EX-229 |
Ottawa,,
January 24th, 1946 |
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Following for Ritchie from Pierce, Begins: Your WA-32 of January 4th† and WA-201 of January 11th.† I confirm my telephone conversation with you on the subject of the United Kingdom draft reply to the Netherlands note regarding payment for military relief supplies. We agree with the attitude taken and consider that the draft note is a fair statement of the British position as we know it. We do not think, however, that we can send an identical reply to The Netherlands because in our case we will wish to point out the special nature of our arrangements with The Netherlands for supplies and services furnished the Canadian Army, in that we alone undertook to pay for goods and services received. It is our understanding that further discussions in Washington will be necessary before replies are sent by the United States, the United Kingdom or Canada and that we should not reply until we hear further from you. | |
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