INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. Marh 11,2,1949 Agreement between the United States of America and Austria respecting [T. 1. A. S.1] the exchange of official publications. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Washington March 11 and 23, 1949; entered into force March 28, 1949. The Secretary of State to the Austrian Minister DBPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON Mar11 1949 SIR: I have the honor to refer to the conversations which have taken place between representatives of the Government of the United States of America and representatives of the Government of Austria in regard to the exchange of official publications, and to inform you that the Government of the United States of America agrees that there shall be an exchange of official publications between the two Governments in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Each of the two Governments shall furnish regularly a copy of each of its official publications which is indicated in a selected list prepared by the other Government and communicated through diplomatic channels subsequent to the conclusion of the present agreement. The list of publications selected by each Government may be revised from time to time and may be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any other official publication of the other Government not specified in the list, or publications of new offices which the other Government may estab- lish in the future. 2. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the Government of the United States of America shall be the Smithsonian Institution. The official exchange office for the trans- mission of publications of the Government of Austria shall be the Austrian National Library, International Exchange Office. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress and on behalf of Austria by the Administrative Library of the Federal Chancellery. 4. The present agreement does not obligate either of the two Governments to furnish blank forms, circulars which are not of a public character, or confidential publications. 5. Each of the two Governments shall bear all charges, includ- ing postal, rail and shipping costs, arising under the present agree- ment in connection with the transportation within its own country of the publications of both Governments and the shipment of its own publications to a port or other appropriate place reasonably convenient to the exchange office of the other Government. 2434
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