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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. Ante, p. 1382 . Ante, pp. 1385, 1390, 1391, 1393, 1395, 1393. Ante, pp. 1391,1393, 1395, 1385 , 1386 , 1387 . Ante, pp. 1382,1393, 1395. Ante, pp. 1383, 1389. Ante, p. 1383 . Seat of Council. Availability of Minutes and Reports. MINUTES OF THE FINAL SESSION OF THE WASHINGTON WHEAT MEETING The officials of the five countries participating in the Washington Wheat Meeting record as follows their understanding regarding cer- tain provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement entered into pur- suant to that Meeting: 1. The arrangements referred to in paragraph 4 of the Memoran- dum, relating to the relief pool of wheat and to the control of pro- duction, mean the following provisions of the Draft Convention attached thereto: paragraph 3 of Article II (Production Control), Articles VI (Relief Pool), VII (The Council) except paragraph 6, X (Finance), XVII (Definitions) and, should the Council at any time so decide, Article VIII (The Executive Committee). 2. The arrangements referred to in paragraph 5 of the Memoran- dum, relating to the control of production, stocks and exports and to the administration thereof, mean the following provisions of the Draft Convention, in addition to Articles VII (except paragraph 6), VIII, X and XVII referred to above: paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article II (Production Control), Article III (Stocks), Article IV (Export Control) except the provisions of paragraphs 10 and 12 relating to the obligations of importing countries since those provisions are not regarded as essential to the interim measures contemplated in the Memorandum, Article IX (Reports To The Council) and Article XVI (Territories). 3. The words "cessation of hostilities" in the Memorandum mean the earliest date at which none of the five countries is engaged in substantial belligerent operations. 4. The words "arrangements described in the attached Draft Con- vention" in paragraph 6 of the Memorandum mean the provisions of Article V of the Draft Convention. 5. The words "equivalent f.o .b . prices" which will be calculated for wheats of the other exporting countries under paragraph 6 of the Memorandum mean the prices of Argentine, Australian and United States wheats which will be ascertained by the unani- mous vote of the Council as equivalent to the last price negotiated by the United Kingdom for a bulk purchase of wheat from Canada. 6. The seat of the Council will be in Washington during the period in which the Memorandum of Agreement is in force, unless the Council should otherwise determine. 7. The Minutes of the Washington Wheat Meeting, together with the Reports of its Committees, will be available for the 1398