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2. General Purposes. The general purpose of the present agreement 

 shall be to provide some of the means for the effective operation of 

 the International Meteorological Centre, Bombay which has the fol- 

 lowing functions :- 



(a) Receiving and where necessary retransmitting by radio and 

 mail, all available synoptic weather reports from the Indian 

 Ocean resrion for the duration of the main period of Expedi- 

 tion activity (1963 and 1964) . 



(b) Providing special weather and sea forecasts for all Expedi- 

 tion ships. 



(c) Serving as a base for the Expedition's meteorological research. 



(d) ProAdding special training for expedition meteorological ob- 

 servers and technicians and maintaining strict quality control 

 over the observations during the Expedition period. 



(e) Training students in modern operational and research tech- 

 niques in meteorology. 



(f) Maintaining effective liaison with representatives of other 



disciplines in the Expedition and with various meteorological 

 agencies. 



3. Title to Property. For the duration of the project, title to all 

 equipment purchased with funds supplied by the United States Co- 

 operating Agency shall remain vested in that Agency, and title to all 

 equipment supplied by the Indian Cooperating Agency shall remain 

 vested in that Agency. 



4. Expenditures. All expenditures incurred by the United States Co- 

 operating Agency shall be paid directly by the Government of the 

 United States of America, and all expenditures incident to the obliga- 

 tions assumed b}^ the Indian Cooperating Agency shall be paid by the 

 Government of India. 



5. Exemption from Duties and Taxes. All equipment and supplies 

 imported into India by the United States Cooperating Agency for use 

 in the Expedition, either within India or in other places, shall be ad- 

 mitted and may be re-exported free of customs, import or export 

 duties unless any part of this equipment is transferred to the Indian 

 Cooperating Agency for the continuance of its scientific activities. 

 The director of the United States meteorology program for the Ex- 

 pedition and other employees of the Government of the United States, 

 whose services may be provided by the United States Cooperating 

 Agency for the purpose of the present agreement, shall be exempt 

 from all Indian income taxes and social security taxes. Each of such 

 employees shall also be exempt from the payment of customs and im- 

 port duties on household goods and personal effects, equipment and 

 supplies imported into India for his own use or that of members of his 

 immediate family .'[^] 



6. Term. The agreement shall remain in effect through March 31, 



1965 and may be continued in force for additional periods by written 



1 See pest, p. 781. 



