Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 2.djvu/1201

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2490 62 Stat., Pt. 1, p. 1054. Post, p. 2494. Netherlands with- drawals from Special Account. 62 Stat., Pt. 1, p. 137 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Netherlands will thereupon make such sums available out of any balances in the Special Account in the manner requested by the Government of the United States of America in the notification. 4. Five percent of each deposit made pursuant to this Article in respect of assistance furnished under authority of the Foreign Aid Appropriation Act, 1949, shall be allocated-to the use of- the Government of the United States of America for its expenditures in the Netherlands, and sums made available pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article shall first be charged to the amounts allocated under this paragraph. 5. T'he Government of the Netherlands will further make such sums of guilders available out of any balances in the Special Account as may be required to cover costs (including port, sto- rage, handling and similar charges) of transportation from any point of entry in the Netherlands to the consignee's designated point of delivery in the Netherlands of such relief supplies and packages as are referred to in Article VI. 6. The Government of the Netherlands may draw upon any remaining balance in the Special Account for such purposes as may be agreed from time to time with the Goverrnient of the United States of America. In considering proposals put forward by the Government of the Netherlands for drawings from the Special Account, the Govern- ment of the United States of America will take into account the need for promoting or main- taining internal monetary and financial stabi- lization in the Netherlands and for stimulating productive activity and international trade aid the exploration for and development of new sources of wealth within the Netherlands, including in particulars (a) expenditures upon projects or programs, including those which are part of a comprehensive program for the development of the productive capacity' of the Netherlands and the other parti- cipating countries, and projects or programs the external costs of which are being covered by assistance rendered by the Government of the United States of America under the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 or otherwise, or by loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (b) expenditures upon the exploration for and development of additional production of materials which may be required in the United States of America because of deficiencies or potential deficiencies in the resoirces of the United States of America; and