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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