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76 of this Convention and also with a view to mutual information and the exchange of experience concerning the measures referred to.

The conferences shall be held alternately in the USSR and Bulgaria. The dates and meeting place shall be fixed by mutual agreement of the Parties.

Article 12

This Convention is subject to ratification at the earliest possible date and shall enter into force after the exchange of the instruments of ratification, which shall take place in Moscow.

The Convention shall remain in force for five years from the date of the exchange of the instruments of ratification.

Should either Contracting Party desire to terminate this Convention on the expiry of the aforesaid five-year period, such Party shall give written notice of its intention to the other Party not later than one year before the expiry of the Convention period of validity of this Convention.

Failing such denunciation, the Convention shall each time be considered as automatically continued for a further five-year period subject to the same conditions in respect of denunciation.

the plenipotentiaries have signed this Convention and have affixed thereto their seals.

in duplicate at Sofia, on 25 August 1950, each copy being in the Russian and Bulgarian languages and both texts being equally authentic.

For the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:

(Signed)

For the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria:

(Signed)

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