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to revise the financial agreements now concluded
in order to pay special attention to the above-
mentioned circumstances.
I should like to take this opportunity to draw
your attention to the fact that the Soviet organizations
when realizing the loan granted to the U.S.S.R. are
at present experiencing great difficulties with regard
to the transport of armaments and materials purchased
in the United States to U.S.S.R. ports. We would con-
sider the most suitable arrangement for the transport
of armaments from America, in the circumstances, would be that which is successfully adopted for
the transport of armaments from England to Archangel, but which
heretofore has not been possible to apply to deliveries
from the United States. According to this arrangement,
the British military authorities delivering armaments
and materials, designate the ships themselves, as well
as organizing their loading in the port, and their
convoy to the port of destination. The Soviet Govern-
ment would be extremely grateful if the same arrange-
ments for the delivery of armaments and the convoying
of ships to the U.S.S.R. ports, could be adopted by
the United States Government also.
With sincere respect, I remain,
J. Stalin