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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. January 14, 1949 IT. I. A.S. 1950] 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 3962. 47 Stat. 2021. 62 Stat., Pt. 3, p. 3853. Obligations and . elms. Agreement between the United States of America and Italy respecting the settlement of United States obligations to former Italian prisoners of war and related claims, supplementing the agreement of February 14, 1948. Signed at Rome January14, 1949; entered intoforce January 14, 1949. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY REGARD- ING SETTLEMENT OF UNITED STATES OBLIGATIONS TO FORMER ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR AND RELATED CLAIM. In implementation of the relevant provisions of the "Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government pf Italy regarding settlement of cer- tain wartime claims and related matters" signed on August 14, 1947, and in conformity with the terms of the Convention on Prisoners of War, signed at Geneva on July 27, 1929, and in order to obviate the necessity of protracted negotiations for the settlement of other related obligations, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Italy have reached agreement as set forth below providing for the final settlement of certain outstanding obli- gations owing to, and certain wartime claims of, former Italian pris- oners of war and surrendered Italian personnel who own valid evi- dences of obligations made out by the Government of the United States of America or its agencies, or claims arising from their former status as prisoners of war or personnel in custody of the Government of the United States of America and its agencies, as well as other claims on the part of such individuals and of residents of Italy. This Agreement supplements the Agreement set forth in an exchange of letters dated February 14, 1948 between the Minister of the Treasury of the Government of Italy and the United States Treasury Representative in Rome, establishing the procedure to be followed with respect to the processing of evidences of obligations and claims of the types with which the present Agreement is concerned. A public announcement setting forth this procedure was made by the Government of Italy on February 18, 1948, and, on the basis of such procedure, a partial payment of $4,382,241.03 was made on April 2, 1948, in respect of evidences of obligations therefore verified by the Government of the United States of America. Article I The obligations and claims with which this Agreement is concerned include: (a) Amounts earned by Italian nationals as prisoners of war, sur- rendered enemy personnel, or civilian internees which have been 2602

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