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 2576 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. dollar value of such currency of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as is held by the Treasurer of the United States of America or the Foundation. The purpose of this pro- vision is to assure that the operations of the Foundation will not be interrupted or restricted by any deficits resulting from alterations in the above rate of exchange or from currency conversions. The Secretary of State of the United States of America will make available for expenditure by the Foundation currency of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in such amounts as may be required by the Foundation but in no event in excess of the budgetary limitation established pursuant to Article 3 of the present Agreement. Article 12 Taexemptios. Furniture, equipment, supplies, and any other articles intended for the official use of the Foundation shall be exempt in the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Surinam, and the Netherlands West Indies from customs duties, excises, and surtaxes, and every other form of taxation. All funds and other property used for the purposes of the Foundation, and all offiilal acts of the Foundation with- in the sccpa of its purposes shall likewise be exempt from taxation of every kind in the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Surinam, and the Netherlands West Indies.

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