56 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-PATENT RIGHTS, ETC.-AUG. 24, 1942 1599 ARTICLE XV This Agreement shall be deemed to have been in effect and operation Effective date; ter- as from January 1, 1942. Each Government shall have the option to terminate this Agreement as from any date specified in a notice given by the Government exercising such option to the other Gov- ernment, which date shall be not less than six months from the giving of such notice, and the provisions of this Agreement shall cease to be effective from the date so specified, but without prejudice to any liability which may then already have been incurred, or which may thereafter arise, pursuant to any obligations undertaken by either Government by virtue of this Agreement. Signed and sealed in duplicate at Washington this twenty-fourth day of August, 1942. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: COBDELL HULL [SEL] Secretary of State of the United States of America FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: HALIFAX [SE.L] His Majesty's Ambassador Ea- traordinary and Plenipoten- tiary at Washington
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