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 54 STAT.] EGYPT-PARCEL POST-July 17,1939 Sept. 13, 1939 1831 ARTICLE XXVIII. Temporary suspension of service. In extraordinary circumstances such as will justify the measure, Temporary suspen- either Administration may temporarily suspend the parcel-post serv- noerv c ice, either entirely or partially, or restrict it to certain offices, on con- dition of giving immediate notice, if necessary by telegraph, to the other Administration. ARTICLE XXIX. Matters not provided for in the present agreement. 1. Unless they are provided for in the present Agreement, all ques- tions concerning requests for recall or change of address of parcels, the obtaining and disposition of return receipts, and the settlement of indemnity claims in connection with insured parcels shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Universal Postal Convention and its Regulations of Execution, in so far as they are applicable and are not contrary to the foregoing provisions. If the case is not provided for at all, the domestic legislation of the United States of America, or of Egypt, or the decisions made by one country or the other are applicable in the respective country. 2. The details relative to the application of the present Agreement will be fixed by the two Administrations in Regulations of Execution, the provisions of which may be modified or completed by mutual con- sent by way of correspondence. 3. The two Administrations notify each other mutually of their laws, ordinances, and tariffs concerning the exchange of parcel post, as well as of all modifications in rates which may subsequently be made. ARTICLE XXX. Matters not herein provided for. Universal Postal Convention, etc., to govern. Post, pp. 2049, 2105. Details to be fixed by mutual consent. Mutual notice of postal laws, etc. Duration of the Agreement. 1. This Agreement shall become effective on ratification but, pend- Entry ntoforce. ing ratification, it may be put into force administratively on a date to be mutually settled between the Administrations of the two countries. 2. It shall remain in effect as long as it has not been terminated Duraton. six months in advance by one or the other of the two Adminis- trations. Done in duplicate and signed at Washington, the 13th day of s'"gna September 1939 and at Cairo, the 17th day of July 1939. [SEAL] JAMES A FARLET The Postmaster General of the United States of America. [SEAL] M WAGUIH The Acting Postmaster General of Egypt. 193470 0 -41-PT. --- 38

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