INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THA4N TREATIES [60 STAT. Lend-Lease procedure or its then current equivalent in accordance Ante, p. 1567. with Article III of this Agreement. ARTICLE IX denifition by ti The indemnity by the Government of the United States of America United tates. to the Government of the United Kingdom shall be subject to the following conditions and procedure, namely: (a) That the Government of the United Kingdom, as soon as practicable after receiving notice of any claim by which a liability might fall upon the Government of the United States of America under the indemnity, will notify the Government of the United States of America of such claim having been made. (b) That, upon being so notified of any such claim, the Government of the United States of America will, so far as practicable, dispose of such claim through negotiations with the claimant. (c) That the Government of the United Kingdom will not enter into negotiations nor make any compromise or settlement out of court with any such claimant without the prior knowledge and concurrence of the Government of the United States of America. (d) That, in all cases in which no prior disposition or compromise or settlement of a claim shall have been made, as in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Article, and the claim becomes the subject of legal proceedings in the appropriate United Kingdom court or other tribunal, the Government of the United States of America shall, if it so requests, be permitted to assist the Government of the United Kingdom in defending any such proceedings, and that, in the event that judgment is rendered against the Government of the United Kingdom, the Government of the United States of America will satisfy such judgment for and on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom in the manner and within the time prescribed by law, or, if the judgment should be satisfied by payment by the Government of the United Kingdom, the latter shall be reimbursed by the Govern- ment of the United States of America in the same amount and the same kind of currency as the Government of the United Kingdom paid to the United States national in satisfying such judgment. (e) That in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (c) of the Act of the Congress of the United States approved March 11, 1941 2s2U. 2 . ,spp. (Public 11, 77th Congress), as amended, the obligations of the Gov- v, 1412 e(). ernment of the United States of America under the indemnity shall only extend to claims of which the Government of the United States of America is notified in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Article before July 1, 1949 or such other date as Congress may hereafter enact in amendment of said Section 3 (c). ARTICLE X (a) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the indemnity set forth in Articles VI, VII, VIII, and IX of this Agreement shall inure only to the benefit of the respective Governments. However, each Government agrees and undertakes to indemnify and save harm- 1572
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