| EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND INDIA RELATING TO THE EXCHANGE OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS
New Delhi, 8 November 1950 and 11 January 1951 I THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (No. 130) The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India
and has 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 India in regard to the exchange of official publications, and to inform the Ministry
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 India shall be the
Manager of Publications, Delhi. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress and on behalf of the Government
of India by the Central Secretariat Library, New Delhi. 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 the Ministry indicating
that the foregoing provisions are acceptable to the Government of India, 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. The Embassy takes this opportunity to renew the assurances of its highest consideration. L.V.S. American Embassy,
New Delhi, November 8, 1950
II MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (EXTERNAL PUBLICITY DIV.)
HYDERABAD HOUSE, NEW DELHI No. F.10(1)/10-XP(P)/49. The 11th January, 1951. With reference to Embassy's note of November 8, 1950, and to the conversations between representatives of the Government of India
and representatives of the Government of the United States of America in regard to the exchange of official publications, the Ministry
of External Affairs has the honour to inform the Embassy that the Government of India agrees that there shall be an exchange of official
publioations between the two Governments in accordance with the following provisions. [See Note 11 The Government of India 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. The Ministry takes the opportunity to renew the assurances of its highest consideration. The Embassy of the United States of America in India, New Delhi.
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