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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. August 14, 19 Agreement between the United States of America and France respecting T.I.A.S.179 the exchange of official publications. Effected by exchange of notes signed at ParisAugust 14, 1945; effective January 1, 1946. The American Ambassador to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 709 PARIS, August 14, 1945 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the conversations which have taken place between representatives of the Government of the United States of America and representatives of the Provisional Government of the French Republic in regard to the exchange of official publica- tions, and to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America agrees that there shall be an exchange of official publications between the two Governments, in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Each of the two Governments shall furnish regularly a copy of each of the official publications of its various departments, agencies, offices, divisions, and institutions, in accordance with a list which it shall communicate to the other Government through diplomatic channels, the two lists having been agreed upon after consultation between the two Governments. The list of each Government may be revised from time to time and may be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any other official publication of such Government not specified in the list, or publications of new offices which such Government may create in the future. 2. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the United States of America shall be the Smithsonian Institution. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the French Republic shall be the Direction des Bibliotheques de France, 53 rue Saint-Dominique, Paris. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress and on behalf of the French Republic by the Bibliotheque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, Paris. 4. The present agreement does not obligate either of the two Gov- ernments to furnish blank forms, circulars which are not of a public character, or confidential publications. 5. Each of the two Governments shall bear the postal, rail and shipping costs and other charges arising in its own country in connec- tion with the sending of publications under the present agreement. 6. The present agreement shall not be considered as a modification of any existing exchange agreement between a department or agency 1944

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