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 55 STAT.] COLOMBIA-NAVAL MISSION-AUG. 30, 1941 1337 Colombia shall be in the national currency of the United States of America. The compensation shall not be subject to any Colombian tax, or to tax by any political or administrative subdivision of Co- lombia, that is now or shall here- after be in effect. Should there, however, be at present or during the life of this agreement any taxes that might affect the said compensation, such taxes will be borne by the Ministry of War of Colombia in order to comply with the provisions stipulated above that the compensations agreed upon shall be net." ARTICLE 2-This supplemen- tary agreement shall be in effect from the date on which it is signed, and shall continue in effect until the expiration of the agreement of November 23, 1938. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the un- dersigned, duly authorized thereto, have signed this agreement in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages at Washing- ton, this thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred forty- one. [SEAL] CORDELL HULL haran en moneda nacional de los Estados Unidos de America. Dicha remuneraci6n no estara sujeta a ningdna clase de impuestos colom- bianos, o impuesto de algdna sub- divisi6n politica de Colombia, que est6 actualmente en vigencia o que se imponga en el futuro. Sin embargo, si al presente o durante la vigencia de este contrato exis- tieren impuestos que pudiesen afec- tar dicha remuneraci6n, tales im- puestos serAn pagados por el Ministerio de Guerra de Colombia con el objeto de cumplir con la disposici6n anterior de que la remuneraci6n estipulada debera ser neta." ARTICULO 2-Este contrato su- plementario entrarhen vigor a par- tir de la fecha de su firma y con- tinuara en vigencia hasta la ex- piraci6n del contrato suscrito el 23 de noviembre de 1938. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, los suscritos, debidamente autori- zados para ello, han firmado este contrato, por duplicado, en los idiomas ingl6s y espafiol en la ciudad de Washington, el dia treinta de agosto de mil novecien- tos cmlarcnta y uno. Secretary of State of the United States (ofAmerica [SEAL1 GABRIEL TURBAY Ambassador Extraorndinaryand P'lenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia at Washington Effective data; du- ration.

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