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Show U. S. Lend-Lease Total Set at 50V2 Billions WASHINGTON. Dec. 27 JP President Truman informed con- - greas Friday that 70 per cent of this nation's lend-lease aid haa been marked paid, and expressed conviction that the accounting would prove "one of the founds- . tiona of economic stability in the postwar world." In his 23rd report on the wartime war-time mutual aid program, the chief executive said that the total United States aid through Sept SO amounted to $50,692,000,000, of which this country will recover "substantially" mors than $10.-000.000.000 $10.-000.000.000 In reverse, lend-lease and payments. ' A full dollars and cents settlement settle-ment never was anticipated by this government Mr. Truman weighed Into the cold statistics of the accounting ac-counting an emphatic assertion and reminder that the work of the international swapping arrangement ar-rangement in achieving victory "can never be aatiafactorlly" measured in monetary terms. Russ Benefits There waa only a terse reference to Russia next to Britain the largest recipient of American aid. Britain, with which a settlement has been reached, received 65 of the total. The Soviets got 23. Mr. Truman said Russia "has been invited to open negotiations" on a settlement but there was no Indication of what has prevented prevent-ed the starting of talks. Similarly, the report said that it "has not as yet been possible to start active negotiations" with Yugoslavia, Poland Po-land and Czechoslovakia, HighlighU in . the chief executive's execu-tive's report since his last review: 1. Final agreements have been made with Britain, France, India, Australia. New Zealand, Belgium and Turkey. ' These Include the principles that the countries settle Uncle Sam's wartime debts within their borders. Incorporate at least a technical clause for recovery by this country of leased military equipment, and make payment for deliveries after V-J day. Canada Pays 2. Canada's amount is "considered "con-sidered closed" because the do- minion paid for all supplies and materials obtained in this country; settlement negotiations are "actively "ac-tively In progress" with South Africa, Norway, Greece and the Netherlands, and except in "a few cases such as Brazil, only relatively relative-ly minor matters" remain to be settled with Latin-American countries. coun-tries. 3. Agreements on the sale of $1,189,000,000 worth of lend-lease supplies have been reached with 13 countries since Japan's surrender. sur-render. 4. Of that total $13,000,000 to $30,000,000 worth will remain undelivered un-delivered by year's end because of the recent coal strike. The report re-port said without elaboration, however, how-ever, that "arrangements are contemplated" con-templated" for overcoming a congressional con-gressional prohibition against expending ex-pending any funds for such deliveries de-liveries after the first of the year. 5. "Certain minor military lend-lease" lend-lease" programs remain in operation opera-tion in China, including supplies for Chinese forces participating in the occupation of Japan and specialized training services. Aid since June 30 of this year has been by agreement "on a reimbursable reim-bursable basis." |
