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 3788 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. general questions of policy arising out of the working of the Executive Board. (b) The UnitedMaritime Executive Board. 4. The Executive Board shall be established with Branches in Wash- ington and London under War Shipping Administration and Ministry of War Transport chairmanship respectively. 5. The Executive Board shall exercise through its Branches the executive functions of the central authority. Appropriate machinery under the two Branches shall be established for the purpose of en- abling them to discharge the functions described in paragraph 7 of the Agreement on Principles. Machinery to carry out the arrangements under paragraph 8 of that Agreement as regards ships engaged in coasting and short sea trades, and as regards small craft shall be set up under the Executive Board. 6. The division of day-to-day responsibility between the two Branches of the Executive Board shall be established as convenient from time to time. So that the two Branches of the Executive Board may work in unison, meetings of the Executive Board as a whole shall be arranged at the instance of the two chairmen, as often as may be necessary, and at such place as may be convenient from time to time. 7. The membership of the Executive Board shall be restricted in numbers. By reason of their large experience in shipping normally engaged in international trade, and their large contribution of ships for the common purpose, the following Governments shall be repre- sented on the Executive Board:- Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North- ern Ireland; Government of the United States of America; Government of the Netherlands; Government of Norway. It shall be open to the members of the Executive Board to recommend to contracting Governments additions to the membership of the Ex- ecutive Board as circumstances may require in order to promote the effective working of the central authority. 8. Each contracting Government not represented on the Executive Board shall be represented by an associate member who shall be con- sulted by, and entitled to attend meetings of, the Executive Board or its Branches on matters affecting ships under the authority of that Government, or on matters affecting the supply of ships for the ter- ritories under the authority of that Government. 9. The Executive Board and its Branches shall proceed by agree- ment among the members. There shall be no voting. 10. The decisions of the Executive Board affecting the ships under the authority of any contracting Government shall be reached with the consent of that Government, acting through its representative on the Executive Board or through its associate member, as the case may be.

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