INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. and (3) the dollar equivalent of any single amount (computed as so specified) shall not exceed the unpaid balance of the total dollar obli- gation at the time payment of such amount is requested, plus interest then past due, if any. In the event that Belgian francs are so re- ceived, the United States dollar equivalent thereof (computed as so specified) will be credited first to past due interest, if any, and then to the unpaid balance of the total dollar obligation. U.S . troop pay. 6. The two Governments have agreed upon arrangements and pro- cedures for the settlement of past and future troop pay of United States Armed Forces in Belgium. The United States Government will continue to expedite payment under agreed procedures for sup- plies and services furnished by the Belgian Government to United States Government agencies on and after September 2, 1945. settlement of 7. A . Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, claims in the following categories will be settled in accordance with procedures already established or to be established after appropriate discussions: (1) Claims by the United States Government for the cost, and claims by the Belgian Government for the excess of amounts de- posited by it with the United States Government over the cost, of supplies and services procured under cash reimbursement lend-lease requisitions filed by the Belgian Government. (2) Claims arising out of lend-lease requisitions for locomotives wherein the Belgian Government agreed to pay landed cost. (3) Claims by the Belgian Government for the excess of amounts deposited by it with the United States Government under the ex- change of notes between the Foreign Economic Administration and the Belgian Ambassador on October 20 and October 25, 1944 [1] over the cost of supplies and services procured thereunder and transferred to the Belgian Government on or before February 28, 1945. B. Each Government waives all its claims against the other, and all its claims respecting which the ultimate liability is that of the other, which arose out of (1) maritime incidents occurring prior to July 1, 1946, or (2) requisitioning for use in the war program of property of the other Government. C. All other financial claims of either Government against the other, except those arising out of established arrangements where liability has heretofore been acknowledged and the method of com- putation agreed, which (1) arose out of lend-lease or reciprocal aid, or (2) otherwise arose out of incidents connected with the conduct of the war occurring on or after September 3, 1939 and prior to Septem- ber 2, 1945, and which are not otherwise dealt with in this Memoran- dum, are hereby waived. Obligation f Be- 8. Nothing in this Memorandum affects the obligation of the Bel- m Government re- ecting siver. gian Government in connection with silver transferred to it by the United States Government under lend-lease. ight of reeaptr 9. Each Government reserves the right of recapture of any supplies .p p lEr. of types essentially or exclusively for use in war or warlike exercises Not printed. clh gia sp of 3988
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