60 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOMI-PENICILLIN-JAN. 25, 1946 The British Ambassador to the Acting Secretary of State BRITISH EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, D. C . No. 62 '5th January, 1946 SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge your Note of today's date inform- nte, p.1485. ing me that the Government of the United States of America is pre- pared to conclude with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland an agreement on the principles applying to the exchange of information looking to the synthesis of penicillin, in accordance with the text enclosed therewith. 2. On instructions from His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I have the honour to state that the terms of agreement contained in the text enclosed with your Note are acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom and that, in accordance with the suggestion made in the third paragraph of your Note, the Government of the United Kingdom considers the agreement as concluded between the two Governments on this date. 3. By virtue of Article VI thereof, the agreement is deemed to have Ante, p. 1490. become effective on December 1, 1943, and with particular reference to the provisions in Article II, it is the understanding of the Government Ante p. 1488 . of the United Kingdom that the agreement confirms and finalizes the terms on which, during the period December 1, 1943, to October 31, 1945, inclusive, scientific information pertaining to the purification, structure, or synthesis of penicillin, or a therapeutic equivalent, has been interchanged to the same extent as though the agreement had been concluded and brought into force on the date of the commencement of that period. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, HAunAX The Honourable DEAN ACEsoN, Acting Secretaryof State of the UnitedStates, Washington, D. C. 1497 J<
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