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 1478 55 Stat. 31. 22 U. S. C., Supp. IV, §§ 411-419. Ante, p. 52. 65 Stat. 1600. Effective date; dura- tion. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. March 11, 1941 and under that Act as amended, the terms and conditions thereof shall be such as not to burden commerce between the two countries, but to promote mutually advantageous economic relations between them and the betterment of world-wide economic relations. To that end, they shall include provision for agreed action by the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey, open to participation by all other countries of like mind, directed to the expansion, by appropriate international and domestic measures, of production, employment, and the exchange and consumption of goods, which are the material foundations of the liberty and welfare of all peoples; to the elimination of all forms of discriminatory treatment in international commerce; to the reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers; and, in general, to the attainment of all the economic objectives set forth in the Joint Declaration made on August 14, 1941, by the President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At an early convenient date, conversations shall be begun between the two Governments with a view to determining, in the light of governing economic conditions, the best means of attaining the above- stated objectives by their own agreed action and of seeking the agreed action of other like-minded Governments. ARTICLE VIII It is understood that in the implementation of the provisions of the agreement each Government will act in accordance with its own con- stitutional procedures. ARTICLE IX This Agreement shall take effect as from this day's date. It shall continue in force until a date to be agreed upon by the two Govern- ments. Done in duplicate in the English and Turkish languages, both authentic, at Ankara, this 23 day of February, 1945. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: LAURENCE A. STEINHARDT Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at Ankara FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: HASAN SAKA Minister of ForeignAffairs. [SEAL] [SEAL]

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