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2. In recognition of the mutual benefits received by the two Governments from the interchange of lend-lease and reciprocal aid, neither Government will be required to make any payment to the other for lend-lease and reciprocal aid articles and services used in the achievement of the common victory. 3. (a) The Government of New Zealand hereby acquires, and shall be deemed to have acquired as of September 2, 1945, full title, without qualification as to disposition or use, to all lend-lease articles in the possession of the Government of New Zealand, its agents or transferees, on September 2, 1945, and not subsequently returned to the Government of the United States, other than lend-lease articles which on that date were in the possession of the Armed Forces of the Government of New Zealand. (b) The Government of New Zealand hereby acquires, and shall be deemed to have acquired as of the date of loading on board ocean vessel for shipment to New Zealand, full title, without qualification as to disposition or use, to all lend-lease articles transferred to the Government of New Zealand on or after September 2, 1945, pursuant to lend-lease requisitions filed by the Government of New Zealand, and not subsequently returned to the Government of the United States, which articles constituted the lend-lease pipe-line for the Government of New Zealand and in respect of which no further deliveries remain to be made. '(/) The Government of New Zealand hereby acquires, and shall be deemed to have acquired as of the date of delivery to the custody of the Government of New Zealand, full title, without qualification as to disposition or use, to all lend-lease articles, other than arms, ammunition, and other lethal weapons, in addition to the articles covered by subparagraph (b) hereof, transferred to the Government of New Zealand between September 2, 1945, and December 31,1945, both dates inclusive, and not subsequently returned to the Government of the United States. (d) In consideration of the mutual undertakings of this Agreement, no payment shall be required from the Government of New Zealand with respect to the articles covered by subparagraphs (a), (b), and (V) hereof. 4. (a) The Government of the United States hereby acquires, and shall be deemed to have acquired as of September 2, 1945, full title, without qualification as to disposition or use, to all reciprocal aid articles in the possession