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 2364 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. PREAMBLE Principles of Agree The Governments of the United States of America and ment. Iceland: Recognizing that the restoration or maintenance in European countries of principles of individual liberty, free institutions, and genuine independence rests largely upon the establishment of sound economic conditions, stable international economic relationships, and the achievement by the countries of Europe of a healthy economy independent of extraordinary outside assistance; Recognizing that a strong and prosperous European economy is essential for the attainment of the purposes of the United Nations; Considering that the achievement of such conditions calls for a European recovery plan of self-help and mutual cooperation, open to all nations which cooperate in such a plan, based upon a strong production effort, the expansion of foreign trade, the creation or maintenance of internal financial stability and the development of economic cooperation, including all possible steps to establish and maintain valid rates of exchange. and to reduce trade barriers; Considering that in furtherance of these principles the Government of Iceland has Joined with other like-pinded nations in a Convention for European Economic Cooperation signed at Paris

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