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 61 STAT.] NEW ZEALAND-COPYRIGHT-APR. 24, 1947 2845 authors, copyright owners, and proprietors who are citizens of New Zealand have lacked during several years of the time since the out- break of war between New Zealand and Germany on September 3, 1939, the facilities essential to compliance with and to the fulfilment of the conditions and formalities established by laws of the United States of America relating to copyright. You express the desire of the New Zealand Government that, in forEfnto'of time accordance with the procedure provided in the Act of September 25, maities, etc. 1941, the time for fulfilling the conditions and formalities of the copy- 57 Sta . 728 right laws of the United States of America be extended for the benefit 61 Stat., Pt., p. 662. of citizens of New Zealand whose works are eligible to copyright in the United States of America. You add that with a view to assuring the Government of the United States of America reciprocal protection for authors, copyright owners, and proprietors of the United States of America, the Governor-General has made an Order in Council, the text of which accompanies your note under acknowledgment, which comes into effect today, on which date it is understood that the Presi- dent of the United States of America shall proclaim, in accordance with the Act of September 25, 1941, that by reason of the disruption or suspension of facilities during several years of the time since Sep- tember 3, 1939 citizens of New Zealand who are authors, copyright owners, or proprietors of works first produced or published outside the United States of America and subject to copyright, ad interim copyright, or renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America have been temporarily unable to comply with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America. You further state that the New Zealand Government is prepared, if this proposal should be accepted by the Governlment of the United States of America, to regard the note under acknowledgllent and this Government's reply thereto to that efcect as coust it uting an agreement between the two Governments, which shall take effect this lday. I have the honor to inform you thlat, with a view to giving effect to I'roR""laiti)n. the commitmellt proposed in the note under acknowledgment, the President has issued today a proclamation, a copy of which is annexed C,; Stat., Pt. 2. hereto, declaring and proclaiming, pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid Act of September 25, 1941 on the basis of the assurances set 5.5tat. 732. 17U.S.C.§8. forth in your note and the Order in Council annexed thereto, that as 6lStat..Pt.l,p .652 . regards (1) works of citizens of New Zealand which were first pro- duced or published outside the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939 and subject to copyright under the laws of the United States of America, including works subject to ad interim copyright, and (2) works of citizens of New Zealand subject to re- newal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America on or after September 3. 1939, there has existed during several years of the time since September 3, 1939 such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America as to bring such works within the terms of the said Act of September 25. 1941; and that accordingly the time

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