ADDRESS OFFICUL COMMI

AATIQMI

THE SECRETARY OF STATI

WASHING

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

WASHINGTON

OFFICE OF FOREIGN LIGUIDATION CONMISSIONEL

May 29, 1946

Room 520 1818 H Strect N.W.

Dear Monsieur Blum:

Referrirg to the Agreement dated 28 May 1946, relating to the sale to Jour Governmerit of United States Army and Navy surplus, this will confirm to you that the latest estimates which we have receired from the Army with respect to the surplus property to be transferred under the agreement are as follows (at origiral cost):

"SURPLUS DECLARED"

"SURPLUS TO BE

DECLARED

(ir millions of dallars)

FRANCE

FRENCH NORTH

FRANCI

& WES! AFRICA

Army Service Forces

Moveable Goods

Army Air Forces

Moveable Goods

Fized Installations

Total

749

25

469

17 98 864

24 21 70

-95 564

GRAND TOTAL

.. 1498 ... _106 1398

for your further information, attached hereto as Schedule "A" throuch ww is a further breekdown of the above schedule.

As was pointed out to you during the negotistions, it is estimated that property represerting an origiral cost of approximstey $100,000,000 is already comitted for sale to various purchasers, in- The Honorable

Leon Blum

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiory of the Provisional Government of the French Republic

French Embassy.
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Of the following items, to which you have indicated that you attach unusual importance, the current Army estimates are:

Class 34-Machire tools and sets

Class 67 Clothing..

Class :68-Footwear

Class 69-Blankets

30 millions = .

66 millions 9 millions •oo.0.5 millions

In paragraph ? of the Agreement, provision has been made 10I°

the contirued use by the United States Argy and Navy of property in

France prior to its turnover under this Agreement. This provision 1s not intended to cover unusual or abnormal use or consumption.

If for

any reason, the use or consumption is materially greater than that now contemplated, it is envisaged thät an appropriate adjustmert will be made in the amount to be paid by the French Government under the

Agreemerit.

It is not irtended, however, that this provision will

necessitate adjustment in the case of a

minor excess or deficiency,

which is to be expected in dealing with estimates of this magnitude.

We have taken note of the items Listed in the "French Purchasing Program of United States Arny Surplus" submitted to the Foreign

Liquidation Connissioner by the French Council of Allied Surplus on

May 7, 1946, and subsequently amended, (Schedule ""). To the extent that these items are not transferred under the Agreement, the Foreign

Liquidation Cormissioner will use his best efforts to nake such itens available fron surplus stocks is. other parts of the world. These ¿tens wIll be made available at 20% of origiral cost. The Foreign

Licuidation Commissioner will also use his best efforts to arrange

Ior the transportation of such property to France, the cost thereof to be borne by the Fretch Government.

It is also the intention of the Foreign Licuidation Connissioner to nake available to the French Government such of Its re quirements ior locomotives and rolling stoc, as may be avariable trom

The Memorardum of Agreement provides for the termination of sales as of noon, Paris time, ley 25, 1940. For Jour convenience, we will be glad io request, Ur. Virden to communicate to the Conseii des

Surplus information as to the property covered by contrects or com mitments prior to that tine.

Enclosures: Schedules "A" through "O"

Sincerely yours,

Soman 77.4: Cance

THOMAS B. MCCABE

Connissioner
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SCEEDULE

Istinated total fixed Installations declared and to be de-

clared in Irance and French forth and West Africa Included in bulk sale agreezent of 28 May 1946.

France Total 100 Airports and Airbases 6 Seaports, Wharres, Docks 61 Storage Facilities 10 Iransportation Facilities 72 Camps, Barracks, and Cantonments 56 Hospítal Facilities 182 Miscollandous Facilitios

French Forth and West Africa

Total

(In thousanda of dollars)

$ 214,000 $ 193,000 31,130 27,334 8,762 3,698 100,418 11,810

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158 SPECIAL ITEM LIST (FRANCE)

TOBEDECHAREU

Lone Tens

§Cost

Line

Class 25

Entrz

I Bridge corversion, set #1, Bälly type, floating

Bridge coversion, Set 42, Baily type, fixed 3

Bridge fixed steel nanel, Baily type, M-2

Bridge fixed steel bax girder H-20 5

Br idge fazed steel hywey

semi-permament, various lengths

Bridge fixed steel railway, I Bean, various span 7

Bridge fired steel railwey unit construction, various tynes

Bridge fixed steel railway "'" type deck tune TO It. spen D-2683

Irestle steel, various tynes 10

Irestle El uninum end steel

Bullding, nrefad NF lard, steel, sheet W/utilities 12

Building, Shell tronical, precut 20 ft. by 54 ft.

23

Building unit "f" 20' x 8' all tyres 14

Byilding unit "(" 201 x 8 =ll types 15 Fencing wire, chain link, salvanized, tyne "A" mesh 144" vide 16 Screening, insect non-ferrous 18-24 mesh 36" wide 17

Pipe, calvert, iren or steel USG all diameters

Quantity Lone Jons

-

150 - - - - -

SCost 868 347,200

9uertity

•

7,800 3,120,000 258 1$3,200 36 14,400 58 23,200 133 53,200 190 76,000 1,219 487,600 26,000

•

30,087

93 13,104

66,513

1,395 186,595 -I-

194
Live

Entry Class 25.

18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28

29

Pipe drive steel, tan welded or seenless w/counlings all sizes

Tanks, steel gas

oil vertical knockdown, bolted high, all sizes

Tanis, fuel sxia mounted 750 gal. I and 2 comnartments

SUB-TOTAL

Olass 32

Generator set, portable, fas eng. driven all tynes

Generator Set, nortable

diesel eng. driven all tynes

Iransforner, oil - 1 Mil,

completely self-nrotected, 1-P

50-0 self-cooled, 2400/4800 v all tynes

Power Plart, 5 ki, treiler mounted

Dry batteries, all tynes

SUE-TOTAL

0lass 33

Som and log felling enuinment

Sawmills, nortable ges eng. dryn.

SUB-TOTAL

0그로 SS._ 3나

machtni trols and tool

sets, all types

SUB-TOTAL

Suntio 50ng 꼬리스트 12,078,214

11,435 117 1,57L

6i 12,175,087 148 44 25,122 205 1l1

34

_13.276,077 13,276,303

336 5 341

-

scast 150,523 252,383 915 6.207,723 91,448 150,869

27

5,828 9.371

g5 85 123 7.947 7.941 17,022

8,141,406 8,403,745 132,600 45,452 179,065 8,650,022 8,650,022

- ? -

Quantity Long tons §cost.

37,254 4,908,268

129 584 89,400

66,254 4,699

28

38,032 972.

5.019,441 2,067,291 107,298

4,727

24

7 31

- -

1,041

3

28

5.953 5,953 2,174,589 9,864 9,800

30,843,654 30,347,65%
...

mtx . 47ass 38 30

Office machines, all tynes

CLESS 41

31 32 33

Wire and cable enuinment all types

Signal power equipment al I types -Iel and tel. equipment all types

34 35 ㅸ 37 38 39 40 하고 42

Class 43

Boats, patrol

Boats, salvage and utilities (un to 65 ft)

Harbor tues, all types.

Shallow draft tugs

Barges, all types, deck cargo, dry and liquid cargo, etc.

Cranes, f'rating, all types and canacities

Shops, floating repair (un to 150 ft)

Boats, passenger, shallow draft

Derricks, floting, all types and canacity

150 SPECIAL I'M LISI (FRANCE)

요꼬고

quantity Long Ions

§cost

298 29 24,587

SUB-IOTAL

298 29 24,587

- 13,656 24,494,432 43.963 1,402 6,255.083 82,189

774 5.373.252

SUB-BOTAN 126,152

15.832 36,122,767 127 179 431,700

57 680 1, 129,820

34

8,870 8,764,775

93 3,420 1,569,700

612 58,734 17,308,902

100 20,100 8,727.843

3

SUR-TOTAL

1,026

138 134,100

92,111 38,066,840

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741 741

20. BED프C프스& 비

$Cost

34 34

634 165:356 165,356 875.579 634

0.
250 SPECIAL ITH LIST EEANCE）

Intry

44

46 47 48

51 5₴ 53 54 55 $28$5 44

Cars, railway, box, all gauge and tamageo

Cars, raiway, caboose, all gauge and tamages

Cars, railway, dum, all fauge end tannagle

Cars, :allway, flat all gauge and tonnagus cars, railway, gondole, all gauga ena horrager vars, railvay, hospitel, all giuga end bondagos

Vars, railway, madatenance, all fange and toanager

Dara, railway, refrigerator, all gauge and tonnagos

Gers, railway, tank, all gauge and tonnagee as oenacities fars, railway, inapection, gasoline multigauge, 4 man 4 wheel

Incomotire, dieselmeleotric, all gouge and carreity

Iocomotive, electilo all gauge and capacity

Iotire, gasoline, rectanton, all'gauge and epeats

Iocomotive, steam (coal and 01) burning) ell gauge and carecity

SUB TORAL

$Cost

30 ..'4 2,050 2,120

I,729,000

殉 2,054 1,732,120

57 58 59

Buses, all types

Oars, mersinger sedan flight)

Cars, pessenger, soda: (medina)

203 17 304 12,667 233.653

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Long Tons 30ost

0

12

480

I2

5 4

16 480
Entry 97 98 99 100 101 102

Class 45

Well drilling machinery, percussion and rotary type

Compressors, sir truck or trir. std. al1 sizes and cap.

Grushing and screening plants, all sizes and capacities

Cranes, tractor operated, revolving, all sizes and cap.

Cranes, and shovels, crawler mid. Classes II to VII

Cranes and shovels, rubber tire mtd. Classes X to XIV 103

Pumps, centrifugel, gas eng. drn. all sizes and cap.

104

Hoist, diesel eng. drun. all sizes and cap.

105

Hoist, Steam driven, all sizes and cap.

106°

Pumps, deep well, gas eng. down. Helical rotor type, all sizes and cap.

107

Conveyors, gravity, roller, all sections and angles 108 conveyors, power belt, electric, all sections 109

Irucks, fork lift, solid and pneu. tired, all sizes and cap.

110

Cranes, gantry, diesel, elec. and mech. all sizes and cap.

• 111

Cranes, railway, dicsel elec. gasoline, steam. 564 gauge, all sizes and cap.

SUB-TOTALS

112

113

11998 42

Bicycles, all types 02a99_22

Stoves, all types

SUB-TOTALS

150 SPECIAL TIEN LOV (FRANUEL

DECLARED

Quantity

1,007 4 3 93 4

4,847

23 172

Fost 16 48,576 5,831 5,308,973 56 73,694

3

5,838 1,547 1,502,845 75 54,200 3,377 867,583 39 62,106 193 127,206 35 29,632 42 78,200

130,262 369,469 221,070, 722.

27,728 231 196,601

TO BE DECLARED

Quantity Long Ions 9

97

75

266 38 678

116 70 250

4

2

6,000 自 80 2,043 674 95 21 20

340 20

344

51,872 199,341

ost 79,884 112,000 678,220

1,237, 7444 476,882 89,700 12,550 10,510

106,881

111,991,925
..

- Entry 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121

122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129

Class 52 hir conditioning unit, self-contrined, water cooled 5 HP sir conditioning unit, trir, ntd. aircooled, 3 HP, 22,000 BIU PN ir conditioning unit

trir. mtd. selfacontained, aircooled, gas

ng. drvn. 26,500 STU P

Refrigerator, portable, walkin, plug-in type (150 cu ft)

Refrigerator, portable, walk-in, self-contai ned (150 cu ft)

Refrigerator, portable, roach-in, 50 cu ft elec.

Refrigeration unit, elec, motor drvn.

kofrigeration unit, portable, 26} cu it.

SUB-TORNI,

Class 58

Professional and scientific equipment

X-ray field units all types ipparatus, blood transfusion

Anaesthesia, apparatus

Itters, straight and folding

Beds, folding

Sterilizers, instrument

Sterilizers, dressing and utensil

Quantity

DECLARED

Long

Tons #Cost

742 13 2,047 135 76,603 8,739 3,230 403 1,373 2,727,766 4 8,229 ヹ 35,208 3 6,008 353 723,111 281 61,085 20 85,324 71: 269,037

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IO BE DECLARED

cnantity

Long Tons

#Cost

45 66 49,950

45

742

40 574 64 400 8,000 272 24 66

850

2

3

257 2

4

49,950

1,220,070 25,320 1,156 11,207 4.320
Intry

Class 58

130 Beds, hospital, adjustable

SUB-TOTAL

Class 61 131 Subsistence, all itens of subsistence

SUB-TOTAL

glass 65

132 Drugs and medicines, all types

SUB-TOTAL

CLass 66

133

Soap, to include soap, laundry, chip

soap, laundry, powdered soap, Laundry, ordinary issue soap, toilet, soft, hard or seawater, 4 oz cake

SUB-TOTAL

134

Class 67

Clothing, to include all wearing apparel, trousers, shirts, coats, jackets,

socks, eto.

SUB-TOTAL

-35

Class 68

Footwear, all types,

siz es

150 SPECIAL ITEM LIST (FRANCE)

・Quantaty 31 91,312

701 701

DEOLARED

Long

Tons

Cost

Quantity

TO BE DECLARED

Long

Tons 3 840 2,125 3,916,608

10,116 1,130

2,368 2,368 528,482 528,482

3,021 3,021 1,558,723 1,558,723

sCest

1,241,419

2,125

2,240,140 2,125. 2,240,140

-15,100 15,100

=

1,041 25,000,000 1,041 15,000,000

822,840 822,840

644

181

SUB-TOTAL

2,755,606 2,755,606

328,118 328,118

17,066 17,066

3,148 3,148 65,461,993 65,461,993

8,784,135 8,784,135
gs

Entry Class 69 136 Blankets , all types 137 Comforters, all types 138 Sheets 1.39 pillow-cases 140 | Mattress covers 141 . Mattresses 142 Towels, bath and face 143 Wools, shoddy 144 Yarns,-@etton, corded, all types.

SUB-TOT ALS

Class 74

145 Tires, all sizes, ply, etc.

146 Tubes, tire, all sizes | SUB-TOTALS

Class 79

147 Miscellaneous surgical equipment 148 Miscellaneous dental equipment 149 Post exchange items.

SUB--TOTALS

GRAND--TOTALS

10

Quantity

176,714 o 55,575 58,935 42,556 - 3,371 1,281,397 — 0 _

113,112 28,366

1,053 702 —

150 SPECIAL IT?M LIST (FRANC)

Long

Tons 870

0

67 16 19 35 325

9 1,332

4, 365 145 npn 412 1,922 1,251 3,585 $C ost

5,144, 363

0

81,809 21,936 78,118 17,854 340.986 191.

0

5,685,066

h,klh,716 117,971.

4,532,687 1, 948, 40h.

3,896,808 306,357 6,151,569

- 533,857 La 349 ,131,092

Quantity

34,000

0

59,901.

47,089 16, 368 8,800 88,704

0

©

—

26,100 24,000

1,053 702 0

BE DECLARED

Long

Tons

99

0

59 8 17 97 15

0

Q

295

891 380 1,271 340 1,275

0

DS

$Cost 269,100

0

78,478 9,886 .19,077 55,440 23,546

©

0

555,819

828,000 102, 000 930,000 800,050 1,600,100 o.

2,500,150 271,610 L/T

$233,571 134

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SCHEDULE "O"

FRENCH REPUBLIC

FRENCH SUPPLY COUNCIL

Secretary General

1800 Massachusetts Ave.

Flashington, D.C.

Telephone: De: 8300

May 28, 1946.

Mr. Ro Go Cleveland,

Assistant Executive Director,

European and Mediterranean Theatre,

Forcign Liquidation Commission,

Dear Mr. Cleveland:

With reference to ny letter dated

May 7, 1946 and the purchasing program of U. So Army surplus attached to it, I have the honor to adviso you that the French

Government is willing to accept that the following items be

References are made to the paragraphs

and pages of the schedules

• Ministry of Public Work & Iransports o take outs RE Rolling Stoo

2. Ministry of Industrial Productions

To take out:

D.I.M.E. : Iools (d)

Medical, Surgical, Dental

Equipment

D.I,I.C. Clothing

Other Textile Products

D.I.Co Medical Supplies

Points

Miscellaneous

D.B. I.D. Entire List

VIII

I

IIT

II

III

IV

2 4 5 8 9 10

Sincerely yours, /s/ Jacques Levy

I. Levy

French Council of Allied Surplus

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