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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-GERMAN PROPERTY IN SPAIN-MAY 10, 1948 Translation The President of the Spanish Delegation Letter No. 3 MADRID, May 10, 1948. SIRS: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated this day the text of which, having been duly translated into Spanish, reads as follows: "In connection with the Accord signed today, it is our understand- ing that, pending the decision of the Spanish Government regarding participation in any international arrangements to which it may be invited to adhere, on the subjects of trademarks copyrights or patents, no industrial or artistic property falling within the provi- sions of the Accord will be expropriated or transferred during the period of one year from this date, except where special circumstances do not permit the delay of expropriation or transfer for one year, or in cases where that property is expropriated or transferred as part of the assets of an enterprise in which there exists a German participa- tion liable to be expropriated." I have the honor to inform you of my agreement with the foregoing. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurances of my distinguished consideration. [SEAL] E DE NAVASQiES Mr. HAROLD M. RANDALL, Chief of Delegation of the United States of America; Mr. FRANQOIS DE PANAFIEU, Chief of Delegation of France;and Mr. FRANCIS MCCOMBE, Chief of Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britainand NorthernIreland. MADRID, May 10, 1948 SIR: In the course of the negotiations concluded in the Accord signed today, the signatory Allied Governments drew attention to the work of the juridical experts of their own and associated governments, having as its purpose to provide solutions for cases of expropriable property which appears to have more than one location or to involve conflicts of jurisdiction, which solutions commonly accepted it is their intention to invite Spain, among other countries, to follow. It is our understanding that the Government of Spain will examine the pos- sibility of adopting such solutions, and that, should cases arise in the course of the process of expropriation pursuant to the Accord in Solutions to cases involving conflicts of jurisdiction. Ante, p. 2062. 2099 Ante, p. 2097. Ante, p. 2062. LETTER NO. 4

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