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 1947 60 STAT.] FRANCE-EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS-AUG. 14,1945 of entering into new negotiations, with a view to including therein, any other official publications of the Government concerned which were not included in the list, or the publications of new agencies which the said Government may create in the future. The official exchange agency for the transmittal of the publications of the French Republic shall be the Direction des Bibliotheques de France (Office of the Director of Libraries of France), 53, rue Saint- Dominique, Paris 7°. 2. The official exchange agency for the transmittal of the publica- tions of the United States of America shall be the Smithsonian Insti- tution. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the French Re- public by the Bibliotheque Nationale, and by the Library of Congress on behalf of the United States of America. 4. The present Agreement shall not place either of the two Govern- ments under the obligation of furnishing printed material or circulars which are not of a public character, or publications of a confidential nature. 5. Each of the two Governments shall defray the costs of transpor- tation by mail, railroad and boat, and all other charges deriving, in its own territory, from the transmittal of publications by virtue of this Agreement. 6. This Agreement shall not be considered as modifying any agreement for exchange previously concluded between a department or other agency of one of the Governments and a department or agency of the other Government. Upon receipt of a communication from Your Excellency indicating that the foregoing provisions can be accepted by the Government of the United States of North America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic will consider the Agreement concluded and in effect from January 1, 1946. Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my very high consideration. BIDAULT His Excellency The Honorable JEFFERSON CAFFERY, Ambassador of the United States.

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