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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. December 17,1947 CT. I.A. 8. le9] 61 Stat., Pt. 3 , D. 278. Category A toods and services; . K. liability. Agreement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland respecting the economic fusion of American and British zones of occupation in Germany, amending the agreement of December 2, 1946. Signed at Washington December 17, 1947; entered into force December 17, 1947. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AMENDING CERTAIN TERMS OF THE BIZONAL FUSION AGREEMENT SIGNED AT NEW YORK ON DECEMBER 2, 1946. WaEwAsB paragraph 12 of the Bizonal Fusion Agreement signed at New York on December 2, 1946, provides for its amendment by mutual agreement, AND WHEEAs the Government of the United Kingdom have re- quested the Government of the United States to take part in discus- sions with a view to revising, in the light of current international financial developments, the provisions of the Bizonal Fusion Agree- ment which relate to the division of responsibility for the payment for imports, AND WIEREA the Government of the United Kingdom have rep- resented that they are unable to continue to make payments in dollars in respect of such imports, AND WHEREAS it is the intention of the two Governments to develop, in that part of Germany which is subject to their jurisdiction, an econ- omy which can be maintained without financial assistance from either Government, AND WHEREAS the representatives of the two Governments have en- tered into and completed discussions regarding the revision of the terms of the Bizonal Fusion Agreement as requested by the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom, IT HAS BEEN AGRE)E by the Government of the United States and the Government of the United Kingdom as follows:- Financial Responsibility for the period ending December 31, 1948. 1 (a) The Government of the United Kingdom shall have no further liability to pay dollars for Category A goods and services imported into the United States and United Kingdom Zones of Occupation in Germany (hereinafter called the "Bizonal Area"). The liability of the Government of the United Kingdom to supply Category A goods and services shall, subject to the provision of the necessary appro- priations, be discharged by the provision of:-

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