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visers and technical experts of delegations. Each Member State shall communicate to

the other Member States concerned, if they so request, the names of its representatives to whom this Article applies and the probable duration of their stay in the territories of such other Member States.

Article 14

Official clerical staff accompanying a representative of a Member State who are not covered by Articles 12 or 13 shall, while present in the territory of another Member State for the discharge of their duties be accorded the privileges and immunities set out in paragraph 1 (b), (c), (e), (f), (h) and (i) and paragraph 2 of Article 13.

Article 15

Privileges and immunities are accorded to the representatives of Member States and their staffs not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves, but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the North Atlantic Treaty. Consequently, a Member State not only has the right, but is under a duty to waive the immunity of its representatives and members of their staffs in any case where, in its opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the purposes for which the immunity is accorded.

Article 16

The provisions of Articles 12 to 14 above shall not require any State to grant any of the privileges or immunities referred to therein to any person who is its national or to any person as its representative or as a member of the staff of such representative. PART IV.-INTERNATIONAL STAFF AND EXPERTS ON MISSIONS FOR THE ORGANISATION Article 17

The categories of officials of the Organisation to which Articles 18 to 20 apply shall be agreed between the Chairman of the Council Deputies and each of the Member States concerned. The Chairman of the Council Deputies shall communicate to the Member States the names of the officials included in these categories.

Article 18

Officials of the Organisation agreed upon under Article 17 shall:

(a) be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and of acts done by them in their official capacity and within the limits of their authority;

(b) be granted, together with their spouses and members of their immediate families residing with and dependent on them, the same immunities from immigration restrictions and aliens' registration as is accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(c) be accorded the same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(d) be given, together with their spouses and members of their immediate families residing with and dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as are accorded to diplomatic personnel of comparable rank;

(e) have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the time of first arrival to take up their post in the country in question, and, on the termination of their functions in that country, to re-export such furniture and effects free of duty, subject in either case to such conditions as the Government of the country in which the right is being exercised may deem necessary;

(f) have the right to import temporarily free of duty their private motor vehicles for their own personal use and subsequently to re-export such vehicles free of duty, subject in either case to such conditions as the Government of the country concerned may deem necessary.

Article 19

Officials of the Organisation agreed under Article 17 shall be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Organisation in their capacity as such officials. Any Member State may, however, conclude an arrangement with the Council action on behalf of the Organisation whereby such Member State will employ and assign to the Organisation all of its nationals (except, if such Member State so desires, any not ordinarily resident within its territory) who are to serve on the international staff of the Organisation and pay the salaries and emoluments of such persons from its own funds at a scale fixed by it. The salaries and emoluments so paid may be taxed by such Member State but shall be exempt from taxation by any other Member State. If such an arrangement is entered into by any Member State and is subsequently modified or terminated, Member States shall no longer be bound under the first sentence of this Article to exempt from taxation the salaries and emoluments paid to their nationals.

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1. Experts (other than officials coming within the scope of Articles 18 to 20) employed on missions on behalf of the Organisation shall be accorded the following privileges and immunities so far as is necessary for the effective exercise of their functions while present in the territory of a Member State for the discharge of their duties:

(a) immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage;

(b) in respect of words spoken or written or acts done by them in the performance of their official functions for the Organisation, immunity from legal process;

(c) the same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions and in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to officials of foreign Governments on temporary official missions;

(d) inviolability for all papers and documents relating to the work on which they are engaged for the Organisation.

2. The Chairman of the Council Deputies shall communicate to the Member States concerned the names of any experts to whom this Article applies.

Article 22

Privileges and immunities are granted to officials and experts in the interests of the Organisation and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. The Chairman of the Council Deputies shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any official or expert in any case where, in his opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the interests of the Organisation.

Article 23

The provisions of Articles 18, 20 and 21, above shall not require any State to grant any of the privileges or immunities referred to therein to any person who is its national, except:

(a) immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written or acts done by him in the performance of his official functions for the Organisation;

(b) inviolability for all papers and documents relating to the work on which he is engaged for the Organisation;

(c) facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions so far as necessary for the effective exercise of his functions.

PART V. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
Article 24

The Council shall make provision for appropriate modes of settlement of:

(a) disputes arising out of contracts or other disputes of a private character to which the Organisation is a party;

(b) disputes involving any official or expert of the Organisation to whom Part IV of this Agreement applies who by reason of his official position enjoys immunity, if immunity has not been waived in accordance with the provisions of Article 22.

PART VI.-SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENTS

Article 25

The Council acting on behalf of the Organisation may conclude with any Member State or States supplementary agreements modifying the provisions of the present Agreement, so far as that State or those States are concerned.

PART VII.-FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 26

1. The present Agreement shall be open for signature by Member States of the Organisation and shall be subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America, which will notify all signatory States of each such deposit.

2. As soon as six signatory States have deposited their instruments of ratification,

the present Agreement shall come into force in respect of those States. It shall come into force in respect of each other signatory State, on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification.

Article 27

The present Agreement may be denounced by any Contracting State by giving written notification of denunciation to the Government of the United States of America, which will notify all signatory States of each such notification. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the receipt of the notification by the Government of the United States of America.

In witness whereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed the present Agreement.

Done in Ottawa this twentieth day of September, 1951, in French and in English, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United

States of America which will transmit a certified copy to each of the signatory States. For the Kingdom of Belgium:

For Canada:

A. DE STAERCKE.

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Atlantic Treaty Organization, National Representatives and International Staff which was signed in the English and French languages at Ottawa on September 20, 1951, the signed original of which is deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, I, Dean Acheson, Secretary of State of the United States of America, have hereunto caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed and my name subscribed by the Authentication Officer of the said Department, at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia,

this ninth day of October 1951.

[SEAL]

DEAN ACHESON,

Secretary of State. By M. P. CHAUVIN, Authentication Officer, Department of State.

AGREEMENT ON THE STATUS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND INTERNATIONAL STAFF EXTRACT FROM THE SUMMARY RECORD OF A MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL DEPUTIES HELD ON 12TH DECEMBER 1951 The Council Deputies, having observed the discrepancies in the English and French texts of articles 14 and 16 of the Agreement on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, National Representatives and International Staff, signed in Ottawa on the 20th September, 1951, agree on behalf of their Governments that the English text is correct and the French text should read as follows:

"ARTICLE 14. Le personnel officiel de secrétariat qui accompagne le représentant d'un Etat membre et qui n'ést pas visé aux articles 12 ou 13 bénéficie, au cours de son séjour sur le territoire d'un autre Etat membre pour l'exercice de ses fonctions, des privilèges et immunités prévus au paragraphe 1 (b), (c), (e), (f), (h) et (i) et au paragraphe 2 de l'article 13.

ARTICLE 16. Les dispositions des articles 12 à 14 ci-dessus ne peuvent obliger un Etat à accorder l'un quelconque des privilèges et immunités prévus par ces articles à un de ses ressortissants ou à un de ses reprèsentants, ainsi qu'à un membre du personnel officiel de ce dernier."

Dated this 12th day of December, 1951.
WALRAVENS (Belgium)
STEENSEN-LETH (Denmark)
GUNNLAUGUR PÉTURSSON (Iceland)

A CLASEN (Luxembourg)

DAG BRYN (Norway)

FR HOYER MILLAR (United Kingdom)

LD WILGRESS (Canada)

E BURIN DES ROZIERS (France)

A ROSSI-LONGHI (Italy)

AR TAMMENOMS BAKKER (Netherlands)
R. ENNES ULRICH (Portugal)

CHARLES M. SPOFFORD (United States)

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an Extract from the Summary Record of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council Deputies held on December 12, 1951 and signed on that date by the Council Deputies on behalf of their respective Governments, the signed original of which is deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, I, Dean Acheson, Secretary of State of the United States of America, have hereunto caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed and my name subscribed by the Acting Authentication Officer of the said Department, at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, this fourth day of January 1952. DEAN ACHESON, Secretary of State. By B. HARTMAN, Acting Authentication Officer, Department of State.

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AGREEMENT

Since the Government of the United States desires to enter into an arrangement with

the North Atlantic Council acting on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, as provided in Article 19 of the Agreement on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, National Representatives and International Staff, signed at Ottawa, Canada, September 20, 1951, it is, therefore, agreed by the Government of the United States and the North Atlantic Council Deputies, acting on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, as follows:

1. Whenever the Organisation desires the services of a United States national, it will notify the Deputy United States Representa

tive, North Atlantic Council of: (A) The nature of the position to be filled, (B) The qualifications which an individual must possess to fill the position, and (C) The salary which such individual would receive if em

ployed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The Organisation may notify the Government of the United States of the name(s) of any individual(s) it deems acceptable for the position.

2. The Government of the United States may assign to the Organisation a United States national from its Government service who is acceptable to the Organisation. The Government of the United States will provide security clearance for the individual concerned.

3. The Government of the United States will pay any and all salaries and emoluments of United States nationals, who are employed by it and assigned to the Organisation, from its own funds at rates determined by the Government of the United States.

4. The Organisation agrees that it will not pay salaries and emoluments to any citizen of the United States.

5. The Organisation will credit to the United States the amounts of salaries and emoluments which would otherwise have been paid by the Organisation to United States nationals and will deduct the total of such credits for each fiscal year from the amount assessed the Government of the United States by the Organisation, in respect of the annual contribution of the Government of the United States for the subsequent fiscal year.

In witness whereof, This Agreement is executed at London on this 29th day of September, 1951, by Sir F. R. Hoyer Millar, ViceChairman of the North Atlantic Council Deputies, on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and by Charles M. Spofford, United States Deputy Representative to the North Atlantic Council, on behalf of the Government of the United States.

F. R. HOYER MILLAR. CHARLES M. SPOFFORD.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The agreement is open to amendment. If there

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OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS SET UP PURSUANT TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY

The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the protocol, Executive B (83d Cong., 1st sess.), a protocol on the status of International Military Headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Paris on August 28, 1952, which was read the second time, as follows:

PROTOCOL ON THE STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL
MILITARY HEADQUARTERS SET UP PURSUANT
TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
The Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty
signed in Washington on 4th April, 1949,

Considering that international military Headquarters may be established in their territories, by separate arrangement, under the North Atlantic Treaty, and

Desiring to define the status of such Headquarters and of the personnel thereof within the North Atlantic Treaty area,

Have agreed to the present Protocol to the Agreement signed in London on 19th June, 1951, regarding the Status of their Forces:

ARTICLE 1

In the present Protocol the expression

(a) "the Agreement" means the Agreement signed in London on 19th June, 1951, by the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces;

(b) "Supreme Headquarters" means Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic and any equivalent international military Headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty;

(c) "Allied Headquarters" means any Supreme Headquarters and any international military Headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty which is immediately subordinate to a Supreme Headquarters;

(d) "North Atlantic Council" means the Council established by Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty or any of its subsidiary bodies authorized to act on its behalf.

ARTICLE 2

Subject to the following provisions of this Protocol, the Agreement shall apply to Allied Headquarters in the territory of a Party to the present Protocol in the North Atlantic

be no amendment to be proposed, the Treaty area, and to the military and civilian agreement will be reported to the Senate.

The agreement was reported to the Senate without amendment.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution of ratification will be read.

The Chief Clerk read the resolution of ratification, as follows:

Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of Executive U, 82d Congress, 2d session, an agreement on the status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, national representatives and international staff, signed at Ottawa on September 20, 1951, together with a signed extract from the summary record of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council Deputies held on December 12, 1951, correcting certain errors in the French text of that agreement.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the resolution of ratification. [Putting the question.] Two-thirds of the Senators present con

personnel of such Headquarters and their dependents included in the definitions in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Protocol, when such personnel are present in any such territory in connection with their official duties or, in the case of dependents, the official duties of their spouse or parent.

ARTICLE 3

1. For the purpose of applying the Agreement to an Allied Headquarters the expressions "force", "civilian component" and "dependent", wherever they occur in the Agreement, shall have the meanings set out below: (a) "force" means the personnel attached to the Allied Headquarters who belong to the land, sea or air armed services of any Party to the North Atlantic Treaty;

(b) "civilian component" means civilian personnel who are not stateless persons, nor nationals of any State which is not a Party to the Treaty, nor nationals of, nor ordinarily resident in the receiving State, and who are (i) attached to the Allied Headquarters and in the employ of an armed service of a Party to the North Atlantic

Treaty or (ii) in such categories of civilian personnel in the employ of the Allied Headquarters as the North Atlantic Council shall decide;

(c) "dependent" means the spouse of a member of a force or civilian component, as defined in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph, or a child of such member depending on him or her for support.

2. An Allied Headquarters shall be considered to be a force for the purposes of Article II, paragraph 2 of Article V, paragraph 10 of Article VII, paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 of Article IX, and Article XIII, of the Agreement.

ARTICLE 4

The rights and obligations which the Agreement gives to or imposes upon the sending State or its authorities in respect of its forces or their civilian components or dependents shall, in respect of an Allied Headquarters and its personnel and their dependents to whom the Agreement applies in accordance with Article 2 of the present Protocol, be vested in or attach to the appropriate Supreme Headquarters and the authorities responsible under it, except that (a) the right which is given by Article VII of the Agreement to the military authorities of the sending State to exercise criminal and disciplinary jurisdiction shall be vested in the military authorities of the State, if any, to whose military law the person concerned is subject;

(b) the obligations imposed upon the sending State or its authorities by Article II, paragraph 4 of Article III, paragraphs 5 (a) and 6 (b) of Article VII, paragraphs 9 and 10 of Article VIII, and Article XIII, of the Agreement, shall attach both to the Allied Headquarters and to any State whose armed service, or any member or employee of whose armed service, or the dependent of such member or employee, is concerned;

(c) for the purposes of paragraphs 2 (a) and 5 of Article III, and Article XIV, of the Agreement, the sending State shall be, in the case of members of a force and their dependents, the State to whose armed service the member belongs, or, in the case of members of a civilian component and their dependents, the State, if any, by whose armed service the member is employed;

(d) the obligations imposed on the sending State by virtue of paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article VIII of the Agreement shall attach to the State to whose armed service the person belongs whose act or omission has given rise to the claim or, in the case of a member of a civilian component, to the State by whose armed service he is employed or, if there is no such State, to the Allied Headquarters of which the person concerned is a member.

Both the State, if any, to which obligations attach under this paragraph and the Allied Headquarters concerned shall have the rights of the sending State in connection with the appointment of an arbitrator under paragraph 8 of Article VIII.

ARTICLE 5

Every member of an Allied Headquarters shall have a personal identity card issued by the Headquarters showing names, date and place of birth, nationality, rank or grade, number (if any), photograph and period of validity. This card must be presented on demand.

ARTICLE 6

1. The obligations to waive claims imposed on the Contracting Parties by Article VIII of the Agreement shall attach both to the Allied Headquarters and to any Party to this Protocol concerned.

2. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article VIII of the Agreement,

(a) property owned by an Allied Headquarters or by a Party to this Protocol and used by an Allied Headquarters shall be

deemed to be property owned by a Contracting Party and used by its armed services;

(b) damage caused by a member of a force or civilian component as defined in paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Protocol or by any other employee of an Allied Headquarters shall be deemed to be damage caused by a member or employee of the armed services of a Contracting Party;

(c) the definition of the expression "owned by a Contracting Party" in paragraph 3 of Article VIII shall apply in respect of an Allied Headquarters.

3. The claims to which paragraph 5 of Article VIII of the Agreement applies shall include claims (other than contractual claims and claims to which paragraphs 6 or 7 of that Article apply) arising out of acts or omissions of any employees of an Allied Headquarters, or out of any other act, omission or occurrence for which an Allied Headquarters is legally responsible, and causing damage in the territory of a receiving State to third parties, other than any of the Parties to this Protocol.

ARTICLE 7

1. The exemption from taxation accorded under Article X of the Agreement to members of a force or civilian component in respect of their salaries and emoluments shall apply, as regards personnel of an Allied Headquarters within the definitions in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) (i) of Article 3 of this Protocol, to salaries and emoluments paid to them as such personnel by the armed service to which they belong or by which they are employed, except that this paragraph shall not exempt any such member or employee from taxation imposed by a State of which he is a national.

2. Employees of an Allied Headquarters of categories agreed by the North Atlantic Council, shall be exempted from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Allied Headquarters in their capacity as such employees. Any Party to the present Protocol may, however, conclude an arrangement with the Allied Headquarters whereby such Party will employ and assign to the Allied Headquarters all of its nationals (except, if such Party so desires, any not ordinarily resident within its territory) who are to serve on the staff of the Allied Headquarters and pay the salaries and emoluments of such persons from its own funds at a scale fixed by it. The salaries and emoluments so paid may be taxed by the Party concerned but shall be exempted from taxation by any other Party. If such an arrangement is entered into by any Party to the present Protocol and is subsequently modified or terminated, Parties to the present Protocol shall no longer be bound under the first sentence of this paragraph to exempt from taxation the salaries and emoluments paid to their nationals.

ARTICLE 8

1. For the purpose of facilitating the establishment, construction, maintenance and operation of Allied Headquarters, these Headquarters shall be relieved, so far as practicable, from duties and taxes, affecting expenditures by them in the interest of common defense and for their official and exclusive benefit, and each Party to the present Protocol shall enter into negotiations with any Allied Headquarters operating in its territory for the purpose of concluding an agreement to give effect to this provision.

2. An Allied Headquarters shall have the rights granted to a force under Article XI of the Agreement subject to the same conditions.

3. The provisions in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article XI of the Agreement shall not apply to nationals of the receiving States, unless such nationals belong to the armed services of a Party to this Protocol other than the receiving State.

4. The expression "duties and taxes" in this Article does not include charges for services rendered.

ARTICLE 9

Except in so far as the North Atlantic Council may decide otherwise,

(a) any assets acquired from the international funds of an Allied Headquarters under its capital budget and no longer required by the Headquarters shall be disposed of under arrangements approved by the North Atlantic Council and the proceeds shall be distributed among or credited to the Parties to the North Atlatnic Treaty in the proportions in which they have contributed to the capital costs of the Headquarters. The receiving State shall have the prior right to acquire any immovable property so disposed of in its territory, provided that it offers terms no less favourable than those offered by any third party;

(b) any land, buildings or fixed installations provided for the use of an Allied Headquarters by the receiving State without charge to the Headquarters (other than a nominal charge) and no longer required by the Headquarters shall be handed back to the receiving State, and any increase or loss in the value of the property provided by the receiving State resulting from its use by the Headquarters shall be determined by the North Atlantic Council (taking into consideration any applicable law of the receiving State) and distributed among or credited or debited to the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty in the proportions in which they have contributed to the capital costs of the Headquarters.

ARTICLE 10

Each Supreme Headquarters shall possess juridical personality; it shall have the capacity to conclude contracts and to acquire and dispose of property. The receiving State may, however, make the exercise of such capacity subject to special arrangements between it and the Supreme Headquarters or any subordinate Allied Headquarters acting on behalf of the Supreme Headquarters.

ARTICLE 11

1. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII of the Agreement, a Supreme Headquarters may engage in legal proceedings as claimant or defendant. However, the receiving State and the Supreme Headquarters or any subordinate Allied Headquarters authorised by it may agree that the receiving State shall act on behalf of the Supreme Headquarters in any legal proceedings to which that Headquarters is a party before the courts of the receiving State.

2. No measure of execution or measure directed to the seizure or attachment of its property or funds shall be taken against any Allied Headquarters, except for the purposes of paragraph 6 (a) of Article VII and Article XIII of the Agreement.

ARTICLE 12

1. To enable it to operate its international budget, an Allied Headquarters may hold currency of any kind and operate accounts in any currency.

2. The Parties to the present Protocol shall, at the request of an Allied Headquarters, facilitate transfers of the funds of such Headquarters from one country to another and the conversion of any currency held by an Allied Headquarters into any other currency, when necessary to meet the requirements of any Allied Headquarters.

ARTICLE 13

The archives and other official documents of an Allied Headquarters kept in premises used by those Headquarters or in the possession of any properly authorized member of the Headquarters shall be inviolable, unless the Headquarters has waived this immunity. The Headquarters shall, at the request of the receiving State and in the presence of a representative of that State, verify the nature of any documents to confirm that they are entitled to immunity under this Article.

ARTICLE 14

1. The whole or any part of the present Protocol or of the Agreement may be applied, by decision of the North Atlantic Council, to any international military Headquarters or organisation (not included in the definitions in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Article 1 of this Protocol) which is established pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty.

2. When the European Defense Community come into being, the present Protocol may be applied to the personnel of the European Defense Forces attached to an Allied Headquarters and their dependents at such time and in such manner as may be determined by the North Atlantic Council.

ARTICLE 15

All differences between the Parties to the present Protocol or between any such Parties and any Allied Headquarters relating to the interpretation or application of the Protocol shall be settled by negotiation between the parties in dispute without recourse to any outside jurisdiction. Except where express provision is made to the contrary in the present Protocol or in the Agreement, differences which cannot be settled by direct negotiation shall be referred to the North Atlantic Council.

ARTICLE 16

1. Articles XV and XVII to XX of the Agreement shall apply as regards the present Protocol as if they were an integral part thereof, but so that the Protocol may be reviewed, suspended, ratified, acceded to, denounced or extended in accordance with those provisions independently from the Agreement.

2. The present Protocol may be supplemented by bilateral agreement between the receiving State and a Supreme Headquarters, and the authorities of a receiving State and a Supreme Headquarters may agree to give effect, by administrative means in advance of ratification, to any provisions of this Protocol or of the Agreement as applied by it.

In witness whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Proto

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the North Atlantic Treaty signed at Paris on August 28, 1952, in the English and French languages, the signed original of which is deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, I, David Bruce, Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America, have hereunto caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed and my name subscribed by the Authentication Officer of the said Department, at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, this seventeenth day of November, 1952. DAVID BRUCE, Acting Secretary of State. By BARBARA HARTMAN, Authentication Officer, Department of State, The VICE PRESIDENT. The protocol is open to amendment. If there be no amendment to be proposed the protocol will be reported to the Senate.

The protocol was reported to the Senate without amendment.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution of ratification will be read.

Foreign Relations, the senior Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. WILEY].

So long as I am a Member of the Senate, I hope that matters affecting the defense of the United States and our relations with other countries can be approached in a strictly bipartisan manner. I have long felt that so far as our foreign policy is concerned, politics should stop at the water's edge. While there will be sincere and earnest disagreements on domestic questions, and also on foreign policy, for that matter, I hope they will never be made party matters.

Our country must come ahead of party in the preparedness effort and in our relations with foreign nations, and the acting majority leader and the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations have made it very easy for the minority to cooperate in this regard.

Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, those The Chief Clerk read the resolution of words are very sweet to one who has had ratification, as follows: a considerable number of other words thrown at him in the recent past.

Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of Executive B, 83d Congress, 1st session, a protocol on the status of International Military Headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Paris, on August 28, 1952.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the resolution of ratification. [Putting the question.] Two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, the resolution is agreed. to, and the protocol is ratified.

Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, before moving that the Senate proceed to consider legislative business, I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to those on both sides of the aisle who have supported the request of both the preceding administration and the present administration. With a Senate so closely divided as is the Senate at this time, it would, of course, not have been possible to ratify the treaties without the overwhelming support of the Members who sit on both sides of the aisle. I feel that I would be derelict in my duty if I did not express my appreciation for their cooperation.

Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, I wish to join in the commendatory words expressed by the acting majority leader to the Senate. During the debate very few fighting words were used. As is the rule, there was a very clear presentation of the issue. I am satisfied that Senators who voted for the amendment recognized that there was no bartering of the rights of our personnel in the military service; rather, rights were obtained for them. I feel certain that anyone who would stop to think and listen when he went into a foreign country would recognize that if the country is independent and is not a dominion, the country has jurisdiction of those within the land.

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?

Mr. WILEY. I yield.

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. I am very. grateful for the generous comments and recognition accorded the minority by the acting majority leader and the distinguished chairman of the Committee on

My only thought in making the commendation was that I felt, as was suggested by the minority leader, that when it comes to a question of upholding, strengthening, and protecting America, we are all Americans. Whenever it is necessary to evaluate the law and the facts, then it is time to maintain our mental balance, and not to go off the deep end by indulging in personalities.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of legislative business.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of legislative business.

EXTENSION OF EXCESS-PROFITS TAX

Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar 576, House bill 5898, which is the excess-profits tax bill.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. GOLDWATER in the chair). The clerk will state the bill by title.

The CHIEF CLERK. A bill (H. (H. R. 5898) to extend until December 31, 1953, the period with respect to which the excess-profits tax shall be effective.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The

question is on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from California.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.

AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIREMEN'S SALARY ACT OF 1953

Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, last night, at the time we were ready to take a recess, the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. CASE] presented a matter which he had already discussed with the acting majority leader and the acting minority leader. He desired to have considered a bill to correct, as I understand, an in

advertent error in a prior bill. It was the understanding at that time that the Senator would be given an opportunity to have it considered. While this request is out of order, because we have a unanimous-consent agreement to have morning hour immediately following the vote on the treaties, I ask, under the circumstances, that the Senator from South Dakota be permitted to present the matter at this time.

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. We have no objection.

Mr. CASE. I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of Senate bill 2394.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. clerk will state the bill by title.

The

The CHIEF CLERK. A bill (S. 2394) to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2394) to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953.

"(2) For the purpose of this subsection the term 'day off' means any of the days off duty in each 7 day period to which each officer and member of such Fire Department is entitled pursuant to section 2 of the act approved June 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 498), but such term does not include any 'platoon change day off,' as such term is used in such Fire Department.”

EXTENSION OF EXCESS-PROFITS
TAX

The Senate resumed the consideration
of the bill (H. R. 5898) to extend until

December 31, 1953, the period with re-
spect to which the excess-profits tax
shall be effective.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
is open to amendment.

Mr. LONG. Mr. President, is the
excess profits tax bill now before the
Senate?

The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is.
Mr. LONG. I believe there are some
Senators who wish to offer amendments
to the bill.

REPORT OF A COMMITTEE
The following report of a committee
was submitted:

By Mr. BRIDGES, from the Committee on
Appropriations:

H. J. Res. 294. Joint resolution continuing
the availability of appropriations for the
Small Defense Plants Administration for the
month of July 1953, and for other purposes;
without amendment (Rept. No. 582).

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the joint resolution by title.

The CHIEF CLERK. A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 294) continuing the availability of appropriations for the Small Defense Plants Administration for the month of July 1953, and for other purposes.

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. President, as I told the majority leader yesterday, I think the joint resolution is have no objection to it. I hope it will essential and necessary. The minority

be approved by the Senate without delay. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution is open for amendment. If there be no amendment to be proposed, the question is on the engrossment and third reading of the joint resolution.

The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO-
PRIATION FOR PAYMENT OF
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, AUDITED
CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS (S. DOC.
NO. 58)

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a proposed supplemental appropriation involving an increase of $7,923,955.07 in the amount necessary for payment of

Mr. CASE. Mr. President, this bill arises because of the fact that the firemen have a changed day off when they go from serving on daytime duty to nighttime duty. The change in pay came on July 1, which fell in the middle of the week, and it would automatically have had the effect of discriminating against certain firemen. The purpose of the bill is merely to amend the prior bill so that those men will not be discrimi- CONTINUING THE AVAILABILITY OF claims for damages, audited claims, and nated against by having their changed day off fall just ahead of the middle of the week. The purpose is to prevent that discrimination, and let them have their increase in pay as well as all the policemen would and as all the firemen would who are not affected by that particular changed day off.

Mr. NEELY. Mr. President, I should like to join in the remarks just made by the distinguished Senator from South Dakota. It is my sincere hope that as a matter of justice action will at once be taken on this bill.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That subsection (c) of section 405 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 77) is amended by adding after the word "workweeks" the following: "except that with respect to employees of the Fire Department the first pay period shall be for the period

July 1 to July 11, 1953, inclusive."

SEC. 2. Section 405 of such act is amended by adding thereto the following:

"(d) (1) For the purpose of computing pay of officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia for the pay period July 1 to July 11, 1953, inclusive, any day off taken by any such officer or member during the period July 1 to July 4, 1953, inclusive, shall be considered as a workday if such officer or member worked or was other

wise in a pay status for an equivalent day in the period June 28 to June 30, 1953, inclusive: Provided, That any such day off falling on July 4, 1953, shall not entitle any such officer or member to additional holiday compensation for that day.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SMALL
DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRA-
TION FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
1953

Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, I
have another matter of a noncontrover-
sial nature which I have taken up with
the minority leader. Under the unani-
mous-consent agreement it was intended
that we have a morning hour prior to
considering the excess-profits-tax bill.

I move that the unfinished business be temporarily laid aside and that the Senate proceed to consider House Joint Resolution 294. I have discussed the matter with the minority leader. The resolution has been reported by the Committee on Appropriations without amendments. It is House Joint Resolution 294, continuing the availability of appropriations for the Small Defense Plants Administration for the month of July 1953, and for other purposes.

At the time the general continuing resolution was considered, the Small Defense Plants Administration was not included in the provisions thereof since its life was due to expire on June 30, 1953. Subsequent thereto, legislation has been enacted-Public Law 95, approved June 30, 1953-which extends the life of this agency through July 31, 1953.

The joint resolution provides for the use of $300,000 of the unobligated balance of the 1953 appropriations for the month of July to pay salaries and expenses. It also authorizes the use of the revolving fund to operate under contracts made prior to the close of the fiscal year 1953.

judgments, which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS Petitions, etc., were laid before the Senate and referred as indicated:

By the VICE PRESIDENT:

A concurrent resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service:

"House Concurrent Resolution 61 "Concurrent resolution requesting the Postmaster General and the Congress of the United States to provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp commemorating the life and public services of the late Stephen Tyng Mather, first Director of the National Park Service of the United States "Whereas the national parks of the United States so eloquently emphasize significant historic events and display so many of the world's outstanding wonders, inspiring similar programs in every continent of the world; and

"Whereas this system of national parks includes such a plethora of ethnic and geologic marvels, so much preeminent in flora and fauna, and so many of the most glorious of the world's scenic areas; and

"Whereas Stephen Tyng Mather, first Director of the National Park Service, by his deep appreciation of the great present and future values of the areas brought into the national park system, by his executive ability and his rare judgment of men, by his enthusiastic leadership of nature lovers everywhere, by his rare personality and great gift for friendship, by his constant enthusiasm and his health-wrecking devotion to his great ends, was the predominant influence in development of this great national system and similar conservation programs

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