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34 circumstances. De Nederlandsche Bank and Sveriges Riksbank, as agent of their respective Governments, will maintain contact on all technical questions arising out of the Agreement, and will collaborate closely on exchange control matters affecting the Netherlands monetary area and Sweden.

(iii) As opportunity offers the Contracting Governments shall seek with the consent of the other interested parties—

a) to make Swedish kronor at the disposal of residents of the Netherlands monetary area and guilders at the disposal of residents of Sweden available for making payments of a current nature to residents of countries outside the Netherlands monetary area and Sweden, and

b) to enable residents of countries outside the Netherlands monetary area and Sweden to use guilders at their disposal to make payments of a current nature to residents of Sweden and to use Swedish kronor at their disposal to make payments of a current nature to residents of the Netherlands monetary area.

(iv) Notwithstanding that each of the Contracting Governments shall be alone responsible for its monetary relations with third parties, they shall maintain contact wherever the monetary relations of the one affects the interests of the other.

For the purpose of this Agreement the expression "the Netherlands Monetary Area" shall include the following territories:

Netherlands Territory in Europe (the Netherlands), the Islands of the Netherlands Archipelago in Asia (Netherlands Indies), and the territories of Curaçao and Surinam.

In the event of the termination of the Agreement, any net balance standing to the credit of one of the two Contracting Governments shall be converted into Treasury Bills issued by the debtor country in the currency of the creditor country. The Treasury Bills referred to above shall bear three (3) per cent interest and be amortized in 5 equal annuities.