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 3674 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. 4.) In order to meet the postal and telecommunications requirements of the United States Forces: (a) The Italian Government and the United States High Command will cooperate in order that the latter may avail itself, with the same right of priority as hitherto, of telecommunications and radar services and other means of communication, including radio-telegraph aids, as may be required by the needs of the United States Armed Forces. (b) The United States High Command shall be entitled to continue to maintain and operate such radio and radar stations and landline communications networks as are necessary for the needs of the United States Forces and to use United States codes, ciphers and security equipment. (e) The competent Italian authorities and the United States High Command will continue to cooperate as hitherto in the coordination, regulation, and allocation of all frequencies required for radio com- munications networks and radar installations. (d) The United States Forces may continue to conduct their own postal system and to make use of existing postal agreements and franking privileges. 5.) The United States Forces may continue to engage locally civilian personnel as required, either directly or through the intermediary of the competent local Italian authorities, at current wage rates. 6.) The United States Forces shall, within the limits of their necessities in Italy, continue to have the right to purchase local produce, com- modities and manufactured goods, either directly or through the intermediary of the competent local Italian authorities. In order that such purchases may not have an adverse effect upon Italian economy, the United States High Command will come to an under- standing with the appropriate Italian authorities to exclude from time to time particular articles from local purchases by the United States Forces. 7.) The Italian Government agrees that the United States Forces, military and naval courts and commissions shall continue to have exclusive jurisdiction, civil and criminal, over all members of the United States Forces in conformity with the arrangements already in force. 8.) The United States Forces and the organizations or persons em- ployed by such Forces or which are part of them and property belong- ing to them and to their Government shall continue to be exempt from all Italian taxation, including customs. The United States High Command will continue to take the neces- sary steps to ensure that such property is not sold to the Italian public except in agreement with the Italian Government. 9. (a) The United States Forces shall have the right to exercise police powers in the buildings and areas set aside for their special use and to employ military police patrols in other areas when that may be necessary to maintain the order and discipline of the United States troops. Persons who are subject to the jurisdiction of the [Italian'authorities may be arrested by the United States military

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