FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1942, VOLUME VI



such relief will be succor to the oppressed and will not aid the
aggressor.
                         ARTICLE VIII
  If, as a result of the transfer to the Government of the United
States of Venezuela of any defense article or defense information, it
is necessary for the Government of the United States of Venezuela
to take any action or make any payment in order fully to protect any
of the rights of any citizen of the United States of America who has
patent rights in and to any such defense article or information, the
Government of the United States of Venezuela will do so, when so
requested by the President of the United States of America.
  Similarly, if, as a result of the transfer to the Government of the
United States of America of any defense article or defense infor-
mation, it is necessary for the Government of the United States of
America to take any action or make any payment in order fully to
protect any of the rights of any citizen of the United States of
Venezuela who has patent rights in and to any such defense article or
information, the Government of the United States of America will do
so, when so requested by the President of the United States of
Venezuela.
                           ARTICLE IX
  All differences between the High Contracting Parties relative to the
interpretation or execution of this Agreement shall be decided by the
pacific means recognized in international law.
                           ARTICLE X
  The provisions of this Agreement, in so far as such provisions have
relation to the furnishing by the Government of the United States
of America to the Government of the United States of Venezuela of
defense articles and defense information of a total scheduled cost of
not more than $2,222,222.22, and the payment by the Government of
the United States of Venezuela into the Treasury of the United States
of America of not more than $1,000,000.00, shall enter into full force
and effect upon the date on which this Agreement is signed, and shall
continue in force until a date agreed upon by the two Governments,
subject to the provisions of Article II and to all other provisions of
this Agreement in so far as they relate to the carrying out of the
purposes stated in this paragraph.
  The provisions of this Agreement, in so far as such provisions have
relation to the furnishing by the Government of the United States of
America to the Government of the United States of Venezuela of
defense articles and defense information of a total scheduled cost in
excess of $2,222,222.22, and the payment by the Government of the
United States of Venezuela into the Treasury of the United States
of America of more than $1,000,000.00, shall enter into force upon the



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