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 62 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-ECONOMIC COOPERATION-JULY 6, 1948 (b) Full statements of operations under this Agreement, including a statement of the use of funds, commodities and services received thereunder, such statements to be made in each calendar quarter; (c) Information regarding its economy and any other relevant information, necessary to supplement that obtained by the Government of the United States of America from the Or- ganisation for European Economic Co-operation, which the Government of the United States of America may need to de- termine the nature and scope of operations under the Economic Co-operation Act of 1948, and to evaluate the effectiveness of assistance furnished or contemplated under this Agreement and generally the progress of the joint recovery programme. 3. The Government of the United Kingdom will assist the Govern- ment of the United States of America to obtain the information, relating to the materials originating in the United Kingdom referred to in Article V, which is necessary to the formulation and execution of the arrangements provided for in that Article. ARTICLE VIII 1. The Governments of the United States of America and the United Kingdom recognise that it is in their mutual interest that full publicity be given to the objectives and progress of the joint programme for European recovery and of the actions taken in furtherance of that programme, and that wide dissemination of information on the progress of the programme is desirable in order to develop the sense of common effort and mutual aid which are essential to the accom- plishment of the objectives of the programme. 2. The Government of the United States of America will encourage the dissemination of such information and will make it available to the media of public information. 3. The Government of the United Kingdom will encourage the dissemination of such information both directly and in co-operation with the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation. It will make such information available to the media of public informa- tion and take all practicable steps to ensure that appropriate facilities are provided for such dissemination. It will further provide other participating countries and the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation with full information on the progress of the programme for economic recovery. 4. The Government of the United Kingdom will make public in the United Kingdom in each calendar quarter, full statements of operations under this Agreement, including information as to the use of funds, commodities and services received. 2603 62 Stat., Pt. 1, p. 137. Post, p. 2606. Ante. p. 2601. Publicity. Quarterly state- ments of operations. ARTICLE IX 1. The Government of the United Kingdom agrees to receive a Missions Special Mission for Economic Co-operation which will discharge the responsibilities of the Government of the United States of America in the United Kingdom under this Agreement.

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