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 105 STAT. 2664 PROCLAMATION 6320—AUG. 2, 1991 Article 2 1. The Trade Representation shall consist of one Principal Officer, designated as Trade Representative, and no more than three Deputy Officers and a mutually agreed number of staff personnel, provided, however, that the number of officers and staff personnel permitted may be changed by mutual agreement of the two Governments. 2. The Trade Representation shall be an integral part of the Embassy of the USSR in Washington, D.C. The Government of the USA shall facilitate in accordance with its laws and regulations the acquisition or lease by the Government of the USSR of suitable official and residential premises for the Trade Representation and its staff. 3. (a] The Trade Representation, including all of its premises and property, shall enjoy all of the privileges and immunities which are enjoyed by the Embassy of the USSR in Washington, D.C. The Trade Representation shall have the right to use cipher. (b) The Trade Representative and his Deputies shall enjoy all of the privileges and immunities which are enjoyed by members of the diplomatic staff of the Embassy of the USSR in Washington, D.C. (c) Members of the administrative, technical and service staffs of the Trade Representation who are not nationals of the USA shall enjoy all of the privileges and immimities which are enjoyed by corresponding categories of personnel of the Embassy of the USSR in Washington, D.C. DEPUTY UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE EXECUTIVE OFHCE OF THE PRESIDENT Washington, D.C. 20506 May 31, 1990. The Honorable Yuri N. Chumakov, Head of Soviet Delegation Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Dear Mr. Chumakov: I am writing to you at your request to explain the relation between legislation currently pending in the U.S. Congress and paragraph 4 of Article XVII of the Trade Agreement we have negotiated. As you know, under current U.S. law, it is not possible to have a notice period prior to termination of the Trade Agreement. Therefore, our two delegations have agreed that paragraph 4 of Article XVII will read as follows: "4. Either Party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party and in such case the Parties will, the fullest extent practicable, seek to minimize possible disruption to their trade relations."

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