61 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-GERMANY-DEC. 17, 1947 3615 of supply. Provided that the procurement of essential imports shall not be prejudiced thereby, the sources shall be selected, to the fullest extent practicable, so as to minimize the drain on the dollar resources of the Government of the United Kingdom (ac- cordingly, where required imports are known to be available from dollar and sterling area sources of supply and conditions regard- ing price, quality and terms of delivery are equal, the imports shall normally be procured from the sterling area source). "(iii) With respect to any procurement where the financial re- sponsibility rests with one Government and the agreed source of supply is within territory under the authority of the other Government, the latter, if so requested, shall accept responsibility for procuring those supplies as agent for the former." 8. The Bizonal Supplies Committee, established under the provisions cboistehment of of paragraph 8 of the Bizonal Fusion Agreement, shall be abolished. 9. Representatives of the two Governments shall consult together in Constlaon of rep Washington in regard to the following matters:- (a) The programing of the procurement of Category A goods against programs of import requirements submitted by the Joint Export-Import Agency. (b) The methods to be employed by agencies of either Government, whether directly or through the Joint Export-Import Agency, in the purchase of such products as cereals, livestock products, oils, fats, pulses and fertilizers, in certain markets of primary importance to the United Kingdom, such as Canada, Argentina and Europe, in view of the fact that uncoordinated purchases in these markets might ad- versely affect United States or United Kingdom supply interests. Definitions. 10 (a) For the purposes of the present Agreement, the expression "The sterling re." "the sterling area" shall be deemed to mean "the scheduled territories", which expression has the meaning assigned to it under the provisions of the Exchange Control Act, 1947, of the United Kingdom. "The riTShe'"" dt- scheduled territories" at present include:- (i) Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (ii) Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Eire, India, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia and Ceylon. (iii) Any British Colony and any territory under the protection of His Britannic Majesty. (iv) Any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations was accepted by His Britannic Majesty and any territory placed under the trusteeship system of the United Nations, which territories are being administered by His Majes- ty's Government in the United Kingdom or in any Dominion. (v) Burma.
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