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 59 STAT.] NORWAY-MARINE TRANSPORTATION-MAY 29, 1945 ARTICLE 5 (1) This Agreement shall apply in respect of all Appliability. claims arising before the effective date of this Agreement but remaining unsettled at such date or which may arise during the currency of this Agreement. (2) This Agreement shall remain in force until the expira- Duration tion of one month from the date upon which either of the con- tracting Governments shall have given notice in writing of their intention to terminate it. I have the honor to inform you that if an Agreement in accordance with the foregoing terms is acceptable to the Government of Nor- way, the Agreement shall be considered by the Government of the United States of America to have been concluded and to be in effect as of the date of a corresponding note from you indicating that the Government of Norway is prepared to give effect to the Agreement. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest considera- tion. JOSEPH C. GREW Acting Secretary of State His Excellency WILHELM MUNTHE DE MORGENSTIERNE, Ambassador of Norway. The Norwegian Ambassador to the Acting Secretary of State NORWEGIAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON 7, D.C. May 29, 1945. SIR; I have the honor to refer to your note of May 29th, 1945, proposing Ante, p. U. 1 an agreement which the Government of the United States of America is prepared to make with the Government of Norway relating to certain problems of marine transportation and litigation. Under instructions from my Government I have the honor to inform you in reply that the Government of Norway undertakes to give effect to the agreement set forth in your note and understands that the agreement will come into force as of the date of this note, namely, May 29, 1945. Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. W. MORGENSTIERNE His Excellency JOSEPH C. GREW, Acting Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. 1543

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