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1949 NEW ZEALAND

EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AMENDING THE AGREEMENT DATED 14 SEPTEMBER, 1948, FOR THE USE OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEND-LEASE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF 10 JULY, 1946

Wellington, 3 and 9 March, 1949 [in force 9 March, 1949]

Presented to Both Houses of the General Assembly by Leave

By Authority: J. E. Wilson, Acting Government Printer, Wellington.—l 949.

Wellington, 3 and 9 March, 1949

No. 1 Embassy of the United States of America to the Ministry of External Affairs Embassy of the United States of America, Wellington, 3 March, 1949. The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of External Affairs and has the honor to propose, on instructions from the Department of State, an amendment to the Agreement dated September 14, 1948, between the New Zealand Government and the Government of the United States of America for the Use of Funds made available in accordance with the Lend-Lease Settlement Agreement of July 10, 1946. The Government of the United States proposes that Article 5 of the existing Agreement be amended to read as follows : " The management and direction of the affairs of the Foundation shall be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of ten Directors (hereinafter designated the ' Board '), five of whom shall be citizens of the United States of America and five of whom shall be nationals of New Zealand. In addition, the principal officer in charge of the Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America to New Zealand (hereinafter designated ' the Chief of Mission') shall be Honorary Chairman of the Board. He shall cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie vote by the Board and shall appoint the Chairman of the Board. The citizens of the United States of America on the Board, at least three of whom

shall be officers of the United States Foreign Service establishment in New Zealand, shall be appointed and removed by the Chief of Mission; the nationals of New Zealand on the Board shall be appointed and removed by the Government of New Zealand. " The Directors shall serve from the time of their appointment until the succeeding December 31. next following such appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment. Vacancies by reason of resignation, transfer of residence outside New Zealand, expiration of term of service or otherwise, shall be filled in accordance with the appointment procedure set forth in this article. " The Directors shall serve without compensation but the Foundation is authorized to pay the necessary expenses of the Directors in attending the meetings of the Board." If this proposal is acceptable to the Government of New Zealand, the Embassy of the United States of America has the honor to suggest that this note, together with the reply of the Ministry of External Affairs in similar terms, should be regarded as an exchange of diplomatic notes between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of New Zealand amending the existing Agreement in accordance with the terms of Article 15 thereof. The amendment could take effect on the date of the Ministry's reply.

No. 2 Ministry of External Affairs to the Embassy of the United States of America Ministry of External Affairs, Wellington, 9 March, 1949. The Ministry of External Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Embassy's note dated 3 March, 1949, referring to the proposal of the Government of the United States of America that Article 5 of the Agreement dated 14 September, 1948, between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the United States of America

for the Use of Funds made available in accordance with the Lend-Lease Settlement Agreement of 10 July, 1946, be amended to read as follows : " The management and direction of the affairs of the Foundation shall be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of ten Directors (hereinafter designated the ' Board '), five of whom shall be citizens of the United States of America and five of whom shall be nationals of New Zealand. In addition, the principal officer in charge of the Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America to New Zealand (hereinafter designated ' the Chief of Mission') shall be Honorary Chairman of the Board. He shall cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie vote by the Board and shall appoint the Chairman of the Board. The citizens of the United States of America on the Board, at least three of whom shall be officers of the United States Foreign Service establishment in New Zealand, shall be appointed and removed by the Chief of Mission; the nationals of New Zealand on the Board shall be appointed and removed by the Government of New Zealand. " The Directors shall serve from the time of their appointment until the succeeding December 31 next following such appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment. Vacancies by reason of resignation, transfer of residence outside New Zealand, expiration of term of service or otherwise, shall be filled in accordance with the appointment procedure set forth in this article. " The Directors shall serve without compensation but the Foundation is authorized to pay the necessary expenses of the Directors in attending the meetings of the Board." The Ministry of External Affairs has the honour to inform the Embassy of the United States of America that the terms of this proposed amendment are acceptable to the Government of New Zealand. The Ministry will regard the Embassy's note, together with this reply, as an exchange of diplomatic notes between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of New Zealand amending the existing agreement in accordance with the terms of Article 15 thereof. The Ministry agrees that the amendment should take effect on the date of this reply.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (548 copies), £6.

By Authority: J. E. Wilson, Acting Government Printer, Wellington.—l 949. Price 3d.~\

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EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AMENDING THE AGREEMENT DATED 14 SEPTEMBER, 1948, FOR THE USE OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEND-LEASE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF 10 JULY, 1946 Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1949 Session I, A-14

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