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 59 STAT.] ARGENTINA-FUEL AND VEGETABLE OIL-MAY 9, 1945 Fuel Oil-10,000 (Ten Thousand) calories per metric ton Linseed oil-9,500 (Nine Thousand Five Hundred) calories per metric ton Flaxseed-5,700 (Five Thousand Seven Hundred) calories per metric ton Linseed Cake & Expellers-4,350 (Four Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty) calories per metric ton Extracted Linseed Meal-3,900 (Three Thousand Nine Hundred) calories per metric ton 7. The fuel oil requirements of the Compafiia Argentina de Nave- gacion Dodero, S.A ., which are understood to be approximately 70,000 (Seventy Thousand) metric tons per annum, will be supplied in addition to the foregoing quantities and it is understood that the continued availability of this Company's tankers to carry vegetable oils to the United States of America is a necessary condition of this proposal. 8. It is mutually understood and agreed that imports of fuel oil will be authorized only through those oil companies, Argentine, Brit- ish and American, who figured as importers in the year 1941, and/or who made sales of fuel oil for subsequent importation by consuming industries in Argentina during that year, and that each such company shall share in accordance with the following percentages: ASTRA ................... 2.25% (Two and twenty-five hun- dredths percent) Cia. General de Combustibles .... 26.84% (Twenty-six and eighty-four hundredths percent) Shell-Mex ................. 36.83% (Thirty-six and eighty-three hundredths percent) CIa. Natlva de Petroleos ........ 34.08% (Thirty-four and eight hun- dredths percent) The fuel oil in question is residual fuel oil originating in Trinidad, Aruba or Curacao. To the extent that Argentine tank space is em- ployed, the choice of point of origin shall be at the option of the Argentine Government but to the extent that tank space is arranged by the U.S. Commercial Company, such choice shall be at the option of the U.S. Commercial Company. It should be noted that there is a difference in specifications between the oil originating in Trinidad and in the other two named sources. 9. The f.ob. price of all fuel oil supplied hereunder will be the current market price ruling at each port on the date of each loading, but in no event higher than the equivalent world price. 10. In connection with the commitment of the U.S. Commercial Company to make available fuel oil and to provide tank space for delivery of limited quantities thereof contained in the proceding paragraphs, the U.S. Commercial Company specifically reserves the right to interrupt the discharge of these commitments only in case presently unforeseen developments in connection with our joint war effort should render such interruption necessary. In such event, 1809 Price. Interruption of com- mitments.

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