EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS Exchange of notes at Washington March 11 and 23, 1949 63 Stat. 2434; Treaties and Other The Secretary of State to the Austrian Minister DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON Mar 11 1949 SIR: I have the honor to refer to the conversations which have taken place between representatives of the Government of the United States of America and representatives of the Government of Austria in regard to the exchange of official publications, and to inform you that the Government of the United States of America agrees that there shall be an exchange of official publications between the two Governments in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Each of the two Governments shall furnish regularly a copy of each of its official publications which is indicated in a selected list prepared by the other Government and communicated through diplomatic channels subsequent to the conclusion of the present agreement. The list of publications selected by each Government may be revised from time to time and may be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any other official publication of the other Government not specified in the list, or publications of new offices which the other Government may establish in the future. 2. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the Government of the United States of America shall be the Smithsonian Institution. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the Government of Austria shall be the Austrian National Library, International Exchange Office. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress and on behalf of Austria by the Administrative Library of the Federal Chancellery. 4. The present agreement does not obligate either of the two Governments to furnish blank forms, circulars which are not of a public character, or confidential publications. 5. Each of the two Governments shall bear all charges, including postal, rail and shipping costs, arising under the present agreement in connection with the transportation within its own country of the publications of both Governments and the shipment of its own publications to a port or other appropriate place reasonably convenient to the exchange office of the other Government. 6. The present agreement shall not be considered as a modification of any existing exchange agreement between a department or agency of one of the Governments and a department or agency of the other Government. Upon the receipt of a note from you indicating that the foregoing provisions are acceptable to the Government of Austria, the Government of the United States of America will consider that this note and your reply constitute an agreement between the two Governments on this subject, the agreement to enter into force on the date of your note in reply. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. With reference to your note of March 11, 1949, and to the conversations between representatives of the Government of Austria and representatives of the Government of the United States of America in regard to the exchange of official publications, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of Austria agrees that there shall be an exchange of official publications between the two Governments in accordance with the following provisions: [For text of provisions, see U.S. note, above.] The Government of Austria considers that your note and this reply constitute an agreement between the two Governments on this subject, the agreement to enter into force on the date of this note. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. The Honorable DEAN ACHESON, Secretary of State. L. KLEINWAECHTER FINANCE: COUNTERPART FUNDS Exchange of notes at Vienna July 1, 1949 Entered into force July 1, 1949 Amended by agreement of April 4, 1950 1 Department of State files The American Chargé d'Affairs ad interim to the Federal Chancellor 2 No. 67 EXCELLENCY: AMERICAN LEGATION VIENNA, AUSTRIA, July 1, 1949 I have the honor to refer to the conversations which have recently taken place between representatives of our two Governments relating to the obligations arising from the exercise of drawing rights made available to Austria pursuant to the Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensation of 16 October 1948 insofar as such drawing rights are attributable to U.S. dollar assistance furnished by the Economic Cooperation Administration to participating countries for the purposes of that Agreement. 1. To the extent that the Agent authorized to perform payments compensations pursuant to the Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensation utilizes drawing rights established in favor of Austria, the Government of Austria will deposit commensurate amounts of schillings 'Not printed. The substantive paragraphs of the notes of Apr. 4, 1950, read as follows: "1. Wherever references to 'drawing rights' appear in numbered paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the aforementioned exchange of notes, such references shall be deemed to apply to the drawing rights made available under both the Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensations of October 16, 1948, and the Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensations of September 7, 1949. "2. Wherever references to the ‘agent' appear in numbered paragraphs 1 and 2 of the aforementioned exchange of notes, such references shall be deemed to apply both to the agent for compensations under the Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensations of October 16, 1948 and to the agent for operations under the Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensations of September 7, 1949. "3. Effective October 1, 1949 the time of 'notification' relevant for purposes of deposits of local currency made pursuant to the exchange of notes shall in each case be deemed to be the date of the last day of the period with respect to which the drawing rights covered by the notification have been exercised." An identical note, addressed to the American Chargé d'Affaires, was signed by the Federal Chancellor, Leopold Figl, on the same day, July 1, 1949. in the special local currency account established under Article IV of the Economic Cooperation Agreement between Austria and the United States." 2. The amounts to be deposited shall be equivalent to the U.S. dollar value of drawing rights made available by participating countries and exercised in favor of Austria as communicated to the ECA by the agent. This value will be identical with the amounts of U.S. dollars allotted to such participating countries in order to obligate them to make such drawing rights available. 3. The rate of exchange governing the computation of amounts of local currency deemed equivalent to the dollar value of drawing rights as set forth in paragraph two above shall be the same as those governing deposits made in accordance with Article IV of the Economic Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Austria. 4. Deposits of local currency made pursuant to this exchange of notes shall be held and governed in accordance with all the terms and conditions applicable to deposits made pursuant to Article IV of the Economic Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Austria. 5. It is understood that obligations to deposit local currency in accordance with this note apply only in the case of drawing rights to which no obligations of repayment attach. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. His Excellency LEOPOLD FIGL, WALTER DOWLING Federal Chancellor 'Agreement signed at Vienna July 2, 1948 (TIAS 1780), ante, p. 404 No. 55 WAIVER OF VISAS AND VISA FEES FOR NONIMMIGRANTS Exchange of notes at Vienna June 10 and 28 and July 12, 1949 63 Stat. 2740; Treaties and Other The American Legation to the Austrian Federal Chancellery, The Legation of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Federal Chancellery, Department of Foreign Affairs, and has the honor to inform the Federal Chancellery that the Government of the United States understands that the Austrian Government will consider the question of waiving visa requirements, but not passport requirements, for American citizens proceeding to Austria who desire to remain therein for a temporary period of time. Even if the Austrian Government should decide to waive visa requirements for American citizens proceeding to Austria, the Government of the United States would be unable to accord identical courtesies to Austrian nationals proceeding to the United States and its possessions because of the provisions of Section 30, Alien Registration Act of 1940, approved June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 673), which require that each alien entering the United States, except in emergency cases in which the visa requirements may be waived by the Secretary of State, be in possession of a valid visa or other valid permit to enter. However, the Government of the United States will consider the question of granting passport visas without fees, to be valid for any number of applications for admission into the United States within a period of twentyfour months, instead of the present twelve-month period of validity of such visas, to Austrian nationals who are proceeding to the United States and its possessions for business or pleasure purposes and who are bona fide nonimmigrants within the meaning of the immigration laws of the United States, provided the Austrian passport of each bearer remains valid during the period of validity of the visa. All other classes of non-immigrant passport visas granted Austrian nationals will continue to be valid, as at present, for a period of twelve months, provided the Austrian passport of each bearer remains valid for that period of time. |