740.0011 European War 1939/16245b

The Secretary of State to the Minister to the Netherlands Government in Exile (Biddle), at London

No. 10

The Secretary of State transmits, for the information of the Minister a mimeographed copy of the lend lease agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands signed [Page 811] August 9, 1941.3 The agreement has not been made public in any form whatsoever and the fact of conclusion as well as the text must be treated as strictly confidential.

Hull

[This agreement of August 9, 1941, was replaced by a Preliminary Agreement, Principles Applying to Mutual Aid in the Prosecution of the War Against Aggression, signed at Washington July 8, 1942. The latter was supplemented by a further Agreement, Principles Applying to Provision of Aid to the Armed Forces of the United States, signed at Washington June 14, 1943. For respective texts and accompanying exchanges of notes, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series, Nos. 259 and 326, or 56 Stat. (pt. 2) 1554 and 57 Stat. (pt. 2) 991.]

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