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programs and make recommendations, as appropriate, to the two 

 Governments. 



Each Party shall designate a coordinator. These coordinators, be- 

 tvreen sessions of the Joint Committee, shall maintain contact between 

 the United States and Soviet parts, supervise the implementation of 

 the pertinent cooperative programs, specify the individual sections 

 of these programs, and coordinate the activities of organizations par- 

 ticipating in environmental cooperation in accordance with this 

 Agreement. 



Article 6 



Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prejudice other 

 agreements concluded between the two Parties. 



Article 7 



This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature and shall re- 

 main in force for five years after w^hich it will be extended for succes- 

 sive five year periods unless one Party notifies the other of the termi- 

 nation thereof not less than six months prior to its expiration. 



The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of 

 agreements and contracts between interested institutions and orga- 

 nizations of the two countries concluded on the basis of this 

 Agreement. 



Done on May 23, 1972 at Moscow in duplicate, in the English and 

 Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic. 



For the United States of America : 



(Signed) Richard Nixon. 

 President of the United States of America. 



For the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : 



(Signed) N. V. Podgornt, 



Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. 



