###ORTS ###bined ###nning ### Lend- Lease ###revious ###eference: ###.P.(44) 4th Meeting, inute 1) 1. At their Meeting on the 4th July, the Committee had considered the present position of the negotiations with the the supersession of the Lend- 1941 and had invited the President of the Board of Trade, in consultation with the Ministers immediately concerned, to prepare a draft communication to Washington on the general lines which had been indicated in the course of the discussion (L.P.(44) 34th Meeting, Minute 1).