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like circumstances, the provisions of this Agreement shall not extend to regulations for the enforcement of police or revenue laws of the United States or of Finland relating to imports the importation, transportation, or sale of which is prohibited or restricted; or to prohibitions or restrictions (1) imposed on moral or humanitarian grounds; (2) designed to protect human, animal or plant life or health; or (3) relating to prison-made goods.

ARTICLE XVII

In the event that the Government of the United States of America or the Government of Finland adopts any measure or takes any action which, even though it does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement, is considered by the Government of the other country to have the effect of nullifying or impairing any object of the Agreement, the Government which has adopted such measure or taken such action shall consider such representations and proposals as the other Government may make with a view to effecting a mutually satisfactory adjustment of the matter.

ARTICLE XVIII

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to affect the rights and obligations arising out of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Consular Rights, signed at Washington on February 13, 1934.*

ARTICLE XIX

The present Agreement shall come into full force on the thirtieth day following proclamation thereof by the President of the United States of America and approval thereof by the President of Finland, or should the proclamation be issued and the approval be given on different days, on the thirtieth day following the date of the later in time of such proclamation or approval, and shall remain in force for the term of three years thereafter, subject to the provisions of Article VII and Article XIII. The Government of each country shall notify the Government of the other country of the date of its proclamation or approval.

Unless at least six months before the expiration of the aforesaid term of three years the Government of either country shall have given to the other Government notice of intention to terminate this Agreement upon the expiration of the aforesaid term, the Agreement shall remain in force thereafter, subject to the provisions of Article VII and Article XIII, until six months from such time as the Government of either country shall have given notice to the other Government.

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* TS 868, ante, p. 718.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement and have affixed their seals hereto.

Done in duplicate, in the English and Finnish languages, both authentic, at the city of Washington, this eighteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-six.

For the President of the United States of America:

CORDELL HULL

For the President of Finland:

EERO JÄRNEFELT

[SEAL]

[SEAL]

[For schedules annexed to agreement, see 50 Stat. 1448 or p. 14 of EAS 97.]

SIR:

EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS

Exchange of notes at Washington December 28 and 30, 1938
Entered into force December 30, 1938; operative January 1, 1939
53 Stat. 2071; Executive Agreement Series 139

The Acting Secretary of State to the Finnish Minister

DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON, December 28, 1938

I have the honor, with reference to recent correspondence in regard to the broadening of the exchange of official publications between the United States of America and Finland, to express my understanding of the provisions which are to govern the exchange beginning with January 1, 1939, as follows:

1. One copy of each official publication of the several branches of the Government of the United States of America shall be furnished regularly to the Library of Parliament at Helsinki through the medium of the International Exchange Service of the Smithsonian Institution. A list of branches of the Government of the United States of America the publications of which are to be furnished under the present agreement is attached (List No. 1). This list shall be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any new offices which the Government of the United States of America may create in the future.

2. One copy of each official publication of the several branches of the Government of Finland shall be furnished regularly to the Government of the United States of America. A list describing the publications of the Government of Finland which are to be furnished under the present agreement is attached (List No. 2).

3. This agreement shall not be understood to modify any agreements for the exchange of publications that may already exist between the various departments and other instrumentalities of the Government of the United States of America and the departments and other instrumentalities of the Government of Finland.

Upon the receipt of a note from you confirming the above understanding, my Government will consider the agreement effective as of January 1, 1939. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

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Congressional records, bound; the Senate and House journals, bound; United States code and supplements, bound; all other publications printed by order of either House of the United States Congress.

2. Executive departments (including without further specification the various bureaus and divisions thereof)

Department of State

Department of the Treasury

Department of War

Department of Justice

Post Office Department
Department of the Navy
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor

3. Independent offices and establishments

Civil Service Commission

General Accounting Office

Interstate Commerce Commission

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Tariff Commission

Board of Tax Appeals

Federal Power Commission

Federal Housing Administration

Veterans' Administration

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Commission of Fine Arts

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Federal Home Loan Bank Board

Tennessee Valley Authority

Rural Electrification Administration

Farm Credit Administration

Central Statistical Board

Civilian Conservation Corps

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Securities and Exchange Commission

National Archives

National Resources Committee

National Labor Relations Board

Railroad Retirement Board

Federal Communications Commission

Social Security Board

Maritime Commission

National Mediation Board

Civil Aeronautics Authority

4. Courts

Supreme Court of the United States

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Court of Claims

LIST NO. 2

All publications issued by the Parliament of Finland

"Suomen Asetuskokoelma" (Laws, Decrees, etc. in Finnish. One separate series for each calendar year)

"Finlands Författningssamling" (same in Swedish)

"Suomen Asetuskokoelman Sopimussarja" (Treaty Series in Finnish. One separate series for each calendar year)

"Finlands Författningssamlings Fördragsserie" (same in Swedish)

All publications issued, in Finnish and Swedish, by the "Lainvalmistelukunta" (Board for the revision of laws)

Reports of the various Government Committees, in Finnish and also in Swedish when reports are published even in that language

All official statistics (irrespective of by what authorities they are published)

Reports of the Ministries, the Provincial Governments, the Central Boards, and other official institutions

Publications issued by the Supreme Court

Publications issued by the Supreme Court of Administration

"Pieni Lakisarja" (a series of important laws published for practical purposes)

The official publicity literature

Publications issued by the Government Boards of Experiment and Investigation and other official scientific Boards, and publications on the agricultural experimental work. These are published in Finnish and Swedish and sometimes, in addition thereto, in a foreign language.

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I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's note of December 28, 1938, in regard to the broadening of the exchange of official publications between Finland and the United States of America, and to inform that my Government fully agrees to and accepts the understanding quoted in said note.

Consequently, my Government will consider the agreement effective as of January 1, 1939.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

His Excellency Mr. SUMNER WELles

Acting Secretary of State

Washington, D.C.

EERO JÄRNEFELT

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