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 56 Stat. 746, 747. 34 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §I 1161, 1165. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. without special authority from the court; and witnesses who have the rights of neutrals shall be discharged as soon as prac- ticable. The prize commissioners shall also take depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and others, at the request of the district attorney, on interrogatories prescribed by the court. They shall also, as soon as any prize property comes within the district for adjudication, examine the same, and make an inventory thereof, founded on an actual examination, and report to the court whether any part of it is in a condition requiring immediate sale for the interests of all parties, and notify the district attorney thereof; and if it be necessary to the examination or making of the in- ventory that the cargo be unladen, they shall apply to the court for an order to the marshal to unlade the same, and shall, from time to time, report to the court anything relating to the condi- tion of the property, or its custody or disposal, which may require any action by the court, but the custody of the property shall be in the marshal only. They shall also seasonably return into court, sealed and secured from inspection, the documents and papers which shall come to their hands, duly scheduled and numbered, and the other preparatory evidence, and the evidence taken de bene esse, and their own inventory of the prize property; and if the captured vessel, or any of its cargo or stores, are such as in their judgment may be useful to the United States in war, they shall report the same to the Secretary of the Navy." My Government, upon the receipt from the Government of India of the consent required by Section 3 of Public Law 704, will take appropriate measures in accordance with Section 7 of the same Act to confer reciprocal privileges upon the Government of India with respect to prizes. I shall be grateful if you will inform the Government of India of my Government's desire and request, on my Government's behalf, the necessary consent to the exercise of such powers by United States courts and by special prize commissioners appointed by them within the territorial jurisdiction of the Government of India Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Ambassador: H. FREEMAN MATTHEWS, Minister-Counselor. Enclosures: 1/Copy of Public Law 704- 77th Congress, 2nd Session. The Right Honorable ANTHONY EDEN, M.C., M.P., Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, Foreign Office, S. W. 1.

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