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 63 STAT.] FRANCE-MARITIME CLAIMS AND LITiGA.TION-MAR. 14,1949 (a) free of claim in respect of any liability of the insured inter- est towards the other Government and (b) without recourse against such other Government. (3) In order to carry out the full intention of the provisions of Article I of this Agreement each Contracting Government will so arrange in connection with bareboat charters to it of vessels subject to the terms of this Agreement that the owners or persons interested through such owners shall not have or assert any claims of the character specified in Article I. Article IV Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of the right of either Contracting Government in appropriate cases to assert sovereign immunity. Article V 2501 Bareboat charter waivers. Ante, p. 24W. Right of sovereign immunity. Claims asserted or about to be asserted against one Government in the courts of the other Government by nationals of that other Gov- ernment for damages of the categories which, as between the two Governments, are made the subject of waiver by Article I, and claims for personal injury by such nationals arising out of activities referred to in said Article I, will be paid or otherwise disposed of as matters of lend-lease and reverse lend-lease, each Government effecting the payment, settlement or other final disposition of all such claims. In general, one Contracting Government will at the request of the other take such steps as may be necessary to release vessels and cargo belonging to the other Government from legal action brought in a court of the former Government. Such aid shall be granted with respect to claims asserted or about to be asserted in the courts of each Government. Article VI Affirmative claims of either Government against the nationals of the other Government arising out of maritime incidents shall be tendered to the other for handling before being otherwise pressed in the courts of the other Government. The amounts thus recovered will be credited to lend-lease and reverse lend-lease accounts. Article VII Each Government shall prescribe the procedure for the investigation and disposition of claims to be paid by such Government pursuant to Articles V and VI after consultation with the other Government. Article VIII (1) The intergovernmental waiver provisions of this Agreement embodied in Articles I to IV shall apply in respect to all claims arising from incidents that occurred on or after December 7, 1941 and prior to July 1, 1946. (2) The lend-lease and reverse lend-lease provisions of this Agree- ment, embodied in Articles V and VI, shall apply with respect to all claims arising from incidents that occurred on or after Claims asserted In court. Payment by lend- lease and reverse lend- lease. Maritime incident claims. Procedure. Period covered by waiver provisions. Priod covered by lnd-s and nem land-ls.

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