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2324 Monthly state ments. Entry into force of pars. IV and V. Entry into force; duration. 62 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 2477. Termination. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. lands out of the Special Account upon presentation of adequate documentation. V. The Government of the Netherlands shall make payments out of the Special Account for the purposes mentioned in Para- graph IV above, and shall submit to the ECA Mission in the Netherlands with a copy to the Controller, ECA Washington, monthly statements of the amount so expended in forms satis- factory to the Government of the Netherlands and the said Mission, provided that each such statement shall at least show total weight carried and charges therefor and adjustments shall be made to the Special Account if shown to be required by ECA audit. VI. So far as practicable, effect shall be given to Paragraphs IV and V as though they had come into force on April 3, 1948. VII. (a) The present Agreement shall come into force immedi- ately. Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) of this Paragraph and to such modifications as may be agreed upon by the competent authorities of the Gov- ernment of the United States and the Netherlands, it shall remain in force for the same period as the Economic Cooperation Agreement. (b) The present Agreement may be terminated by six months' notice given in writing by either party to the other at any time. If the above proposal is acceptable to the Government of the Neth- erlands, the Embassy of the United States of America has the honor further to propose that this Note and the reply by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to that effect shall constitute an Agree- ment on the above terms between the two Governments. THE HAGUE January 17, 1949 HERMAN B. BARCCH The NetherlandsMinistry of ForeignAffairs to the American Embassy MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to ac- knowledge the receipt of the Embassy's Note of to-day's date, reading as follows: "The Embassy of the United States of America presents its com- pliments to the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and, under reference to Article VI Paragraph 2 and Article TV Paragraph 5 of the Economic Cooperation Agreement between the United States