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quantity and of adequate quality for use in connection with the 

 construction, testing, and initial operation of the project. 



(c) The Saudi Arabian Government shall also furnish, and the 

 Department of the Interior will accept, personnel of the Saudi 

 Arabian Government, to observe the initial operation of the project; 

 and such personnel shall be trained by or at the direction of the 

 Department of the Interior as competent plant operators and main- 

 tenance employees. The number and kinds of such personnel and 

 their training location shall be mutually determined. 



3. (a) Personnel of the Department of the Interior, when in 

 residence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as special representatives 

 of the Department pursuant to this Agreement, will be entitled to 

 the same privileges and immunities as personnel of comparable 

 rank and status of the Embassy of the United States of America 

 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 



(b) The Saudi Arabian Government shall bear the costs of taxes 

 of all non-Saudi Arabian personnel of public or private organiza- 

 tions present in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform work 

 in connection with this Agreement. Such taxes shall include prop- 

 erty taxes on personal property intended for their own use, and 

 any tariff or duty upon personal or household goods brought into 

 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the personal use of themselves 

 and members of their families. Such reimbursement for any tariff 

 or duty shall not apply to such personal or household goods as may 

 be sold by any such personnel in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

 It is further understood that whenever such personnel shall under- 

 take work outside the limits of the project to be performed in 

 accordance with this Agreement, they shall be subject to the regula- 

 tions of the Saudi Arabian Government with respect to taxes and 

 duties. 



4. All property, material, equipment, services, and supplies 

 brought into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the Department of 

 the Interior or its contractors to carry out the functions contem- 

 plated by this Agreement shall not be subject to import and export 

 duties, licenses, excises, imposts, bonds, deposits, and any other 

 charges except for services requested and rendered, provided they 

 will be reexported upon completion of the work. Property, ma- 

 terials, equipment, and supplies belonging to the Department of the 

 Interior or its contractors that do not become a part of the com- 

 pleted works shall remain the property of the Department of the 

 Interior or its contractors and may at any time be removed from or 

 disposed of in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia free of any restrictions 

 or any claims which may arise by virtue of such removal or dis- 

 posal, provided that the duty thereon shall be paid in the event of 

 their sale or disposal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 



5. (a) The Saudi Arabian Government agrees that the United 

 States Government, its officers and its employees, will be held harm- 

 less from causes of action, suits at law or equity, or from any liability 

 or damages in any way growing out of : 



(i) the performance of the functions covered by this Agree- 

 ment, or 



(ii) the construction, operation, and maintenance of project 

 facilities. 



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