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 3986 Dollar obligation of Belgian Government to U.8. Line of cedit to Belgian Oovenent. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. ment, will, at the request of the United States Government, take such steps as may be necessary, including the assumption of financial responsibility, to release vessels and cargoes belonging to the United States Government from legal actions brought in such courts to enforce any such claims. (b) Claims of individuals, firms and corporations domiciled or resident in Belgium, the Belgian Congo or Luxembourg (except individuals who are exclusively United States nationals) against the United States Government, its contractors and subcontractors, for royalties under license contracts for the use of inventions, patented or unpatented, or for infringement of patent rights, in connection with war production carried on or contracted for prior to September 2, 1945. (c) Claims of individuals, firms and corporations domiciled or resident in Belgium, the Belgian Congo or Luxembourg against the United States Government arising out of acts or omissions in Belgium, the Belgian Congo or Luxembourg of members of the United States Armed Forces or civilian personnel attached to such forces, both line-of-duty and non-line-of-duty, occurring on or after September 3, 1939 and prior to September 2, 1945 in the case of contracts, and occurring on or after September 3, 1939 and prior to July 1, 1946 in the case of other acts and omissions. (d) Claims of subjects of Belgium or Luxembourg, whether in- dividuals, firms or corporations, against the United States Govern- ment arising out of the requisitioning for use in the war program of property located in the United States in which the claimant had an interest. (2) The undertaking of the Belgian Government in the pre- ceding sub-paragraph (1) is valued at $5,000,000, not subject to adjustment. C. (1) The undertakings of the Belgian Government in sub-para- graphs A and B above constitute a payment by the Belgian Govern- ment to the United States Government of $13,450,000 toward the total purchase price of the above-mentioned United States surplus property. The excess over $13,450,000 of the total purchase price (determined in accordance with usual procedures) of the surplus property heretofore transferred to the Belgian Government and hereafter transferred under designations heretofore made will be a dollar obligation of the Belgian Government to the United States Government. (2) In the event that the United States Government should not be able to avail itself fully of the provisions of sub-paragraph A, the amount not availed of will, upon appropriate notification by the United States Government, be added to the dollar obligation of the Belgian Government to the United States Government. (3) These dollar obligations of the Belgian Government will be governed by the provisions of paragraph 5 below. 3. The United States Government hereby makes available to the Belgian Government a line of credit of $10,000,000 for the purchase of

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