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 3138 No claim for pay- ment. Procurement by U.. agencies, etc. Approval of pro- posed Italian pro- grams. Post, p. 3148. Transfers. Post, p. 3148 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. confined to certain basic essentials of life, namely, food, medical supplies, pro- cessed and unprocessed material for clothing, fertilizers, pesticides, fuel and seeds. (B) Subject to the provisions of Article III, the United States Govern- ment will make no request, and will have no claim, for payment for United States relief supplies and services as furnished under this agreement. (C) The United States Government agencies will provide for the procure- ment, storage, transportation and shipment to Italy of United States relief supplies, except to the extent that the United States Government may autho- rize other means for the performance of these services in accordance with pro- cedures stipulated by the United States Government. All United States relief supplies shall be procured in the United States except when specific approval for procurement outside the United States is given by the United States Govern- ment. (D) The Italian Government will from time to time submit in advance to the United States Government its proposed programs for relief import requirements to be furnished by the United States. These programs shall be subject to screening and approval by the United States Government and procurement will be authorized only for items' contained in the approved programs. (E) Transfers of United States relief supplies shall be made unde arrange- ments to be determined by the United States Government in consultation with the Italian Government. The United States Government, whenever it deems it desirable, may retain possession of any United States relief supplies or may recover possession of such supplies transferred, up to the city or local community where such supplies are made available to the ultimate consumers. Article II Dittribution of Supplies i Italy Po t ,p318 (A) All United States relief supplies shall be distributed by the Italian Government under the direct supervision and control of the United States repre- sentatives and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The distri- bution will be through commercial channels to the extent feasible and desirable. Fiscal chargs. (B) All United States relief supply imports shall be free of fiscal charges including customs duties up to the point where they are sold for local currency as provided by Article mT.of this Agreement unless when because of price prac- tices, it is advisable to include customs charges or government taxes in prices fixed, in which case the amount thus collected on United States relief supply imports will accrue to the special account rreferred to in Article . All United StateS relief supply imports given free to indigents, institutions and others will be free of fiscal charges, including custom daties. iaison. (C) The Italian Government will designate a high ranking official who

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