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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. PROTOCOL THE Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the French Republic, hereinafter referred to as "the Allied Governments con- cerned," on the one hand, and the Government of Austria, on the other, have through the undersigned duly empowered representatives, agreed as follows:- Austrian e. 1. The Allied Governments concerned agree that Austria should receive a proportional share of the gold distributed pursuant to Part III of the Agreement on Reparations from Germany, on the establish- ment of an Inter-Allied Reparations Agency and on the Restitution of p61 tat., Pt. 3 , Monetary Gold signed at Paris on 14th January, 1946, on the same p. 3180. basis as the countries signatory to the said agreement to the extent that Austria can establish that a definite amount of monetary gold belonging to it was looted by Germany, or, at any time after 12th March, 1938, was wrongfully removed into German territory. 2. Austria adheres to the arrangement for the restitution of mone- tary gold set forth in Part III of the aforementioned Agreement and declares that the portion of the monetary gold accruing to it under the Agreement is accepted in full satisfaction of all Austrian claims against Germany for restitution of monetary gold. 3. Austria accepts the arrangements which have been or will be made by the Allied Governments concerned for the implementation of the aforesaid. Authentic tets. Done in London this 4th day of November, 1947, in the English and French languages, of which both texts are authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Governmentof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by whom certified copies shall be transmitted to the other contracting Governments. For the Government of the United States of America: L. W. DOUGLAS. For the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: ERNEST BEVIN. For the Government of the French Republic: R. MASSIGLI. For the Government of Austria: H. SCHMID. 3572