SUEZ CANAL DUES
U.S. ASKING BRITAIN FOR RELIEF (N.2. Press Association— Copyright) LONDON. July 20. The United States is pressing Britain for relief from Suez Canal tolls on American ships redeploying forces to the Pacific. The United- States Foreign Economic Administration disclosed that the United States Government had several times asked Britain to absorb, Suez Canal charges under reverse , lendlease, but Britain had declined on the ground that the tolls must be paid in Egyptian pounds. . . It was pointed out by the - administration that the United States took, all Panama Cana! charges on British ships under lend-lease, and these charges now totalled 9,000.000 dollars*, The United States had paid 11,345,000 dollars in .Suez Canal tolls since January 1. 1945.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24625, 23 July 1945, Page 4
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