Attempts to open negotiations for a lend lease settlement agreement with the Soviet Union, and consideration of the granting of loans and credits77
77. For previous documentation on the conclusion of wartime assistance from the United States to the Soviet Union, the agreement of October 15, 1945, and related questions, see Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. v, pp. 937 ff.
[594] The Department of State to the Embassy of the Soviet Union
Washington, October 31,
1946.
861.24/10–3146
[595] The Lend-Lease Administrator (Lane) to the Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. (Eremin)
Washington, November 27, 1946.
861.24/11–2746
[596] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Clayton) to the Secretary of State
[Washington,] December 3, 1946.
861.24/12–346
[597] The Lend-Lease Administrator (Lane) to the Chairman of the the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. (Eremin)
Washington, December 17, 1946.
861.24/12–1746
[598] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith)
Washington, December 23, 1946—6
p.m.
861.24/12–2346: Telegram
[599] The Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. (Eremin) to the Lend-Lease Administrator (Lane)
Washington, December 24, 1946.
861.24/12–2446
[600] The Lend-Lease Administrator (Lane) to the Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. (Eremin)
Washington, December 26, 1946.
861.24/12–2646
[601] The Chairman of the Government Purchasing Commission of the Soviet Union in the U.S.A. (Eremin) to the Lend-Lease Administrator (Lane)
New
York, December 28, 1946.
861.24/12–2846
[602] The American Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (Molotov)
Moscow, December 31, 1946.
861.24/12–3146
[603] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State
Moscow, January 2, 1947—5
p.m.
[Received January 2—8:56 a.m.]
[Received January 2—8:56 a.m.]
861.24/1–247: Telegram