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 61 STAT.] BELGIUM-AMERICAN DEAD IN WORLD WAR II- Jul I 61947 3359 III. The Government of the United States may import into Belgium, from any country whatsoever, and re-export there- from after using them, with exemption from customs duties and other charges, the equipment, supplies and materials, including such means of transportation by air, land or water, as may be necessary for fulfilling the purposes of the present Agreement. No part of such equipment, supplies and/or materials shall be sold in Belgium or left in Belgium after the completion of the mission for which they have been used, except by the express authorization of the Belgian Government. The American personnel appointed by the Government of the United States may enter Belgian territory freely and depart freely therefrom. IV. The Government of the United States may use the railroads, roads, navigable waterways, ports, harbor installations and buildings for use as offices, storage and lodging, and draw upon the necessary Belgian services and man power to the extent required for fulfilling the purposes of the present Agreement, on the sole condition of paying the remuneration therefor at the established rates. V. The Belgian Government will acquire, in order to establish thereon the permanent cemeteries (Fields of Honor) and (or) monuments, and plots of land which the Government of the United States deems necessary, and of which the said Govern- ment of the United States shall have the perpetual use, without being compelled to pay charges or compensation. The locations of these plots of land shall be chosen by mutual agreement and the plots shall have sufficient area to include, in addition to the graves, such embellishments and roads of approach as may be necessary as well as the construction of the buildings required for the reception of visitors, the quar- ters of gardeners, and the storage of maintenance equipment. The land acquired under these conditions and the buildings and improvements added shall be tax-exempt. The right to use the plots in question shall include also the right to plan, design, mark out and lay out the permanent cemeteries, monuments and other structures which will be built there, as well as to embellish the plots and to take the necessary measures for the perpetual guarding and maintain- ing of the cemeteries and monuments, after approval by the proper Belgian authorities. No construction, including the creation of simple enclosures, shall be undertaken less than 10 meters from a foreign territory or less than 5 meters from a road the axis of which constitutes a boundary. VI. The wages and other remuneration paid by the United States to the personnel of American nationality engaged in the work contemplated by the present agreement shall be exempt from

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