Moscow on 1 October by Beaverbrook, Harriman, and Molotov of the First ( Moscow ) Protocol, described as "a binding promise by this Government to make specific quantities of supplies available for shipment to Russia by a specific date."33
The Moscow Protocol was the first of four similar instruments for aid to Russia. It called for shipment from the United States through 30 June 1942 of roughly a million and a half tons of supplies. The Second ( Washington ) Protocol, signed 6 October 1942 and covering the period to 1 July 1943, promised 3,300,000 tons to be shipped by the northern Russian ports and 1,100,000 via the Persian Gulf route. The Third ( London ) Protocol, running through 30 June 1944, promised 2,700,000 tons via the Pacific route and 2,400,000 by either the northern Russian ports or the Persian Gulf. It was signed 19 October 1943. The Fourth (Ottawa) Protocol, signed 17 April 1945, promised 2,700,000 tons via Pacific routes and 3,000,000 via Atlantic routes including the Persian Gulf and the route into the Black Sea, then newly available. It covered the period to 12 May 1945.
