Evening star., 1946-12-27
Aid Total!
50 Billion, Truman
Reports 70 Congress
Monetary Return Tops
10 Billion With 70%
OF Accounts Settled

Reporting on the final stages
of the lease-lend program, Presi-
dent Truman today asserted this
country's aid to the Allies in
volved expenditure of $50,692,-
900, 900 as of September 30-with
a dollar -and-cents return in ex-
cess of $10,O0O,00O, ,O0O-and that
final settlements had been made
with recipients of 10 per cent of
the total.
OF the remainder, the report to
Congress said the Soviet Union,
second largest beneficiary, "has been
invited to open negotiations" look
ing toward a balancing of the ac-
count, and that settlement negoti-
ations are actively in progress with
South Africa, Norway, Greece and
the Netherlands" Final negotia-
tions have been delayed in China,
because of the internal situation.
The United Kingdom, France, In
dia, Australia, New Zealand, Bel
gium and Turkey have settled. The
way has been opened for converse
tions with sYugoslavia, Poland and
Czechoslovakia.
Canada Paid Cash for Supplies.
Canada paid cash for her sup
plies and material in wartime, leav-
ing nothing for future adjustment,
according to the report; and the
picture is rounded out in the Amer
icas, where except in a few cases,
such as Brazil, which received a
substantial amount of lease-lend
aid through supplies and services
made available to the Brazilian ex-
peditionary force while it served
overseas with United States troops,
only minor matters remain to be
settled"
IT believe that the settlements
which have been worked out not
only are satisfactory to the United
States in the financial sense, but
also serve the long-range interests
of the country by providing one
of the foundations of economic sta
bility in the postwar world" Mr..
Truman said in the message &C
companying the report.
although the value of lease-lend
can never be satisfactorily measured
in monetary terms he said, II think
it should be noted that the return
to the United States from lease-lend
through September 80, 1916, exceed
ed $4,000, 100000, including reverse
lease-lend aid, cash payment for
goods and services furnished under
lease-lend, payment made or to be
made under thee final settlement
agreement, and the sale Of supplies
in inventory or procurement"
Sales Agreements Under Way.
The report explained that sales
agreements approXimating nearly
81 200, 10000 had been entered into
with l3 countries for so-called pipe
line" supplies which had been pro-
cured or contracted for when the
end of the war wound up the active
lease lend program. France led the
list with $400, 0,O00,0 900, followed by the
United Kingdom, $3.50 100000, and
Russia, $244,000,000.
Payments under the final settle
ments will amount to $1,035, ,000, 900,
and will be spread over an extended
period.
Breaking down the lease-lend al
location, the report shows Britain
received $31 1892 ,000, 900; Russia, SILL
298, 100000; France, $3,234 100000;
China, $1,565 900 000 American re-
publics, $459, ,O00, 900; other countries,
1858 ,OOO, 900. There also was an item
of $2,091 ,OO0,O not charged to for
eign governments.
Military supplies accounted for
52.8 per cent of this total. The re-
mainder was: Industrial material
and products, 1865; food and other
agricultural products, 1872; services
and other costs, 12.1, and petroleum