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 4038 Temporary ceme- teries. Permits for disinter- ments. a. The right to establish and maintain temporary cemeteries within the Nation, its possessions or territories subject to the control of the respective Government as are necessary for the burial of deceased persons subject to its control and to make exhumations therefrom or from other locations for repatriation or for concentration into permanent cemeteries abroad including movement of bodies from other countries into said Nation, its posses- sions or territories, provided however that no remains may be removed from the Netherlands to any colony or possession of the Netherlands, nor be removed from the Netherlands to any Netherlands territory over sea out of Europe, nor be removed from those territories to the Netherlands. b. The right to be exempt from all national, local or other laws and/or regulations relating to the securing of permits for disinterments; sanitation, upon an assurance that such work will be conducted in a manner not detrimental to public health, any question as to detriment, in case same shall be raised by the respective Government, to be determined by mutual accord; and from the payment of any duties, taxes or fees of any kind whatsoever for the burial, disinterment for reburial or movement of bodies or the maintenance of permanent graves. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. 2. Future policy of the Government of the United States and the desires of the next of kin of deceased persons may also necessitate the concentration of remains into "Fields of Honors" in each of the United Nations or in other Nations, their possessions or territories, for perpetual care by the United States Government. 3. It may be fitting and proper, at a future date, to commemo- rate the accomplishment, heroism and sacrifices of the Armed Forces of the United States by monuments or other suitable means. 4. There are presently interred in temporary United States Military Cemeteries in many of the various United Nations and other Nations, or the possessions or territories subject to their jurisdiction, the remains of members of Allied Armed Forces, Italian, German, Japanese and other former bel- ligerent powers which require transfer of the custody of the remains to another country in order to secure perpetual care and maintenance of the graves of such deceased. 5. In furtherance of the objectives hereinbefore set forth, major concessions as enumerated below are desired from each of the Nations in order that the United States of America, through its duly designated representatives, may conduct these sacred operations without undue restrictions upon the Government of the United States. Major Concessions Requested:

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