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 58 STAT.] AFGHANISTAN-EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS-FEB. 29, 1944 Translation by the American Legation at Kabul of the Foregoing Note and Lists No. 1366. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Enclosure. POLTIaAL DIVISION FOUrTH BUrEAU February29, 1944. EXCELLENcY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's letter No. 352 of February 29, 1944, and referring to previous corre- spondence and conversations regarding the conclusion of an agree- ment between the Royal Government of Afghanistan and the Govern- ment of the United States of America for the partial exchange of official publications, I have the honor to express below our under- standing of the bases on which such an exchange is to be effected. There shall be an exchange of official publications between the Government of Afghanistan and the Government of the United States of America, which shall be conducted in accordance with the following provisions: 1. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of Afghanistan is the Afghan Academy. The official exchange office on the part of the United States is the Smithsonian Institution. 2. The publications exchanged shall be received on behalf of Afghanistan by the Library of the Afghan Academy; on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress. Official publications shall be understood to include those published in printed or mimeographed form by the two Governments or their official agencies. 3. The Government of the United States shall furnish regularly one copy of each of the publications enumerated in the attached list No. 1. This list shall be extended to include, without the necessity Pt, p.140 of subsequent negotiation, any important publications that may be issued by any instrumentalities of the Government in the future. 4. The Government of Afghanistan shall furnish regularly one copy of each of the publications enumerated in list No. 2. This list Post D.1407. shall be extended to include, without the necessity of subsequent negotiation, any important publications that may be issued by any instrumentalities of the Government in the future. 5. With respect to instrumentalities which at this time do not issue publications and which are not mentioned in the attached lists, it is understood that important publications which they may issue in the future shall be furnished in one copy. 6. Neither Government shall be obligated by this agreement to furnish confidential publications, blank forms, or circular letters which are not of a public nature. 7. Each party to the agreement shall bear the postal, railroad, steamship, and other charges arising in its own country. 1403

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