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Treaties in Force - Index 2003

A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force as of January 1, 2003

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Part I - Bilateral Treaties and Other Agreements

Part II - Multilateral Treaties and Other Agreements

Appendix

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Table of Contents

Chapter Name	Page Number
PART 1: BILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
AFGHANISTAN	1
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK	2
ALBANIA	2
ALGERIA	2
ANDORRA	3
ANGOLA	3
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA	3
ARGENTINA	5
ARMENIA	8
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK	8
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN)	8
AUSTRALIA	8
AUSTRIA	12
AZERBAIJAN	14
THE BAHAMAS	14
BAHRAIN	17
BANGLADESH	17
BARBADOS	19
BELARUS	20
BELGIUM	21
BENELUX (BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBOURG)	23
BELIZE	23
BENIN	25
BHUTAN	26
BOLIVIA	26
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA	28
BOTSWANA	29
BRAZIL	30
BRUNEI	33
BULGARIA	34
BURKINA FASO	35
BURMA	35
BURUNDI	36
CAMBODIA	37
CAMEROON	38
CANADA	38
CAPE VERDE	49
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT	49
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	49
CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION	50
CENTRO REGIONAL DE SISMOLOGIA PARA AMERICA DEL SUR (CERESIS)	50
CHAD	50
CHILE	51
CHINA	53
HONG KONG	57
MACAO	57
COLOMBIA	57
COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT (ANDEAN GROUP)	60
COMOROS	61
CONGO	61
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	61
COOK ISLANDS	63
COSTA RICA	64
COTE D�IVOIRE	66
CROATIA	66
CUBA	67
CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL	69
CYPRUS	69
CZECH REPUBLIC	70
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	71
DENMARK	73
DJIBOUTI	75
DOMINICA	76
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	77
EAST AFRICAN COMMON SERVICES ORGANIZATION	79
EAST TIMOR	79
ECUADOR	80
EGYPT	82
EL SALVADOR	86
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	88
ERITREA	88
ESTONIA	89
ETHIOPIA	90
EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY(EURATOM)	91
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY	91
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES (EUMETSAT)	92
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (CERN)	93
EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICE	93
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY	93
FIJI	93
FINLAND	94
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION	96
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA	96
FRANCE	97
FRENCH GUIANA	101
FRENCH POLYNESIA	101
GUADELOUPE	101
MARTINIQUE	102
SOCIETY ISLANDS	102
GABON	102
THE GAMBIA	102
GEORGIA	103
GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	104
GHANA	111
GREECE	113
GRENADA	116
GUATEMALA	117
GUINEA	119
GUINEA-BISSAU	121
GUYANA	121
HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW	123
HAITI	123
HONDURAS	124
HUNGARY	127
ICELAND	129
INDIA	131
INDONESIA	134
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK	137
INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATION ON AGRICULTURE	138
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY	138
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESERVATION AND THE RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY (ICCROM)	138
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION	138
INTERNATIONAL COTTON ADVISORY COMMITTEE	138
INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU	138
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION	138
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION	138
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND	138
INTERNATIONAL NATURAL RUBBER ORGANIZATION	139
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION	139
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION	139
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ORGANIZATION	139
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENOCIDE AND OTHER SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW COMMITTED IN THE TERRITORY OF RWANDA	139
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA	139
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION	139
IRAN	139
IRAQ	141
IRELAND	142
ISRAEL	143
ITALY	147
JAMAICA	151
JAPAN	154
JORDAN	160
KAZAKHSTAN	162
KENYA	163
KIRIBATI	165
KOREA	165
KUWAIT	170
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC	170
LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION	171
LAOS	171
LATVIA	171
LEBANON	173
LESOTHO	174
LIBERIA	175
LIBYA	177
LIECHTENSTEIN	177
LITHUANIA	177
LUXEMBOURG	178
MADAGASCAR	180
MALAWI	181
MALAYSIA	182
MALPES	183
MALI	184
MALTA	185
MARSHALL ISLANDS	186
MAURITANIA	186
MAURITIUS	187
MEXICO	188
MICRONESIA	197
MOLDOVA	198
MONACO	198
MONGOLIA	198
MONTENEGRO	199
MOROCCO	199
MOZAMBIQUE	202
MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS	202
MUTUAL AID AND LOAN GUARANTY FUND OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ENTENTE STATES	203
NAMIBIA	203
NAURU	203
NEPAL	203
NETHERLANDS	204
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	209
NEW CALEDONIA	209
NEW ZEALAND	209
NICARAGUA	211
NIGER	213
NIGERIA	214
NIUE	215
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)	215
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AEW&C PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (NAPMO)	216
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY ORGANIZATION (NAMSO)	216
NORWAY	216
OMAN	219
ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SENEGAL RIVER	220
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD)	220
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS	220
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES	220
PAKISTAN	220
PALAU	224
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION	224
PANAMA	224
PAN AMERICAN UNION (See ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	228
PARAGUAY	229
PERU	230
PHILIPPINES	234
POLAND	238
PORTUGAL	242
PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ORGANIZATION	244
QATAR	244
ROMANIA	244
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	246
RWANDA	249
SAINT KITTS and NEVIS	250
SAINT LUCIA	251
SAINT VINCENT and THE GRENADINES	252
SAN MARINO	254
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	254
SAUDI ARABIA	254
SENEGAL	255
SEYCHELLES	257
SIERRA LEONE	257
SINGAPORE	259
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	260
SLOVENIA	261
SOLOMON ISLANDS	262
SOMALIA	262
SOUTH AFRICA	263
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION	265
SPAIN	265
SRI LANKA	268
SUDAN	271
SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER ATLANTIC(SACLANT)	272
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE)	272
SURINAME	272
SWAZILAND	273
SWEDEN	274
SWITZERLAND	276
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	278
TAJIKISTAN	279
TANZANIA	279
THAILAND	281
TOGO	283
TONGA	283
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO	284
TUNISIA	285
TURKEY	287
TURKMENISTAN	291
TUVALU	291
UGANDA	292
UKRAINE	293
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS	296
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	301
UNITED KINGDOM	302
ANGUILLA	311
BERMUDA	311
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	311
GIBRALTAR	311
LEEWARD ISLANDS	311
MONTSERRAT	311
TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS	311
UNITED NATIONS	312
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN�S FUND	312
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME	313
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES	313
UNITED NATIONS INTERIM ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO	313
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION	313
URUGUAY	313
UZBEKISTAN	314
VANUATU	315
VATICAN	315
VENEZUELA	315
VIETNAM	318
WESTERN SAMOA	319
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM	320
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION	320
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION	320
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION	320
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION	320
YEMEN	320
YUGOSLAVIA	321
ZAMBIA	324
ZIMBABWE	326
CHINA (TAIWAN)	327
PART 2: MULTILATERAL TREATIES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
AFRICA	331
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (See under FINANCE)
AGRICULTURE (See also FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION; PATENTS)	331
AIRCRAFT (See AVIATION; TRADE AND COMMERCE)
ALIENS	333
ANTARCTICA (See also CONSERVATION)	334
ANZUS PACT (See Security Treaty under DEFENSE)
ARBITRATION (See also CLAIMS; INVESTMENT
DISPUTES; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES)	334
ARMISTICE AGREEMENTS (See also KOREA)	335
ARMS CONTROL (See BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION; GAS WARFARE; NUCLEAR FREE ZONE, WEAPONS See under SEABEDS; SPACE)	335
ARMS LIMITATION	335
ARTISTIC EXHIBITIONS (See CULTURAL RELATIONS)
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
ASTRONAUTS	336
ATLANTIC CHARTER	336
ATOMIC ENERGY (See also NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION; NUCLEAR MATERIALS; NUCLEAR TEST BAN; NUCLEAR WEAPONS-NON-PROLIFERATION)	337
AUSTRIA	340
AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC	340
AVIATION (See also INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION)	342
BILLS OF LADING (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (See also GAS WARFARE)	349
BRIBERY	350
CAMBODIA	350
CHEMICAL WEAPONS	350
CHINA	351
CITIZENSHIP (See NATIONALITY)
CLAIMS (See also ARBITRATION; INVESTMENT DISPUTES; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES)	351
COLLISIONS AT SEA (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
COMMERCE (See CUSTOMS; TRADE AND COMMERCE)
COMMODITIES (See COPPER; FOOD AID; RUBBER; TIMBER; WHEAT; WINE)
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (See SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION)
CONCILIATION (See PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES)
CONSERVATION (See also FISHERIES; POLAR BEARS; WHALING; WORLD HERITAGE)	352
CONSULS	354
CONTAINERS (See also CUSTOMS)	355
CONTINENTAL SHELF (See under MARITIME MATTERS)	356
COPPER	356
COPYRIGHT (See also PHONOGRAMS; the Appendix)	356
CORRUPTION	358
CULTURAL PROPERTY	359
CULTURAL RELATIONS (See also WORLD HERITAGE)	360
CUSTOMS (See also AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC; CULTURAL RELATIONS; TRADE AND COMMERCE)	362
DEFENSE (See also GERMANY; NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION)	366
DESERTIFICATION	368
DIPLOMATIC AGENTS (See under TERRORISM)
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS	369
DISPUTES (See INVESTMENT DISPUTES; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES)
DRUGS (See HEALTH; NARCOTIC DRUGS)
ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT	371
EDUCATION (See under CULTURAL RELATIONS)
ENDANGERED SPECIES (See CONSERVATION)
ENERGY (See also ATOMIC ENERGY)	371
ENVIRONMENT	374
ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION	375
EPIZOOTICS (See under AGRICULTURE)
EUROPEAN COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS (See under DEFENSE)
EVIDENCE (See under JUDICIAL PROCEDURE)
EXHIBITIONS AND EXPOSITIONS (See under CULTURAL RELATIONS)
EXTRADITION	376
FINANCE (See also FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVESTMENT DISPUTES; REPARATIONS)	376
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (See also FINANCE)	379
FISHERIES (See also CONSERVATION; WHALING)	385
FOOD AID (See also GRAINS)	387
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (See also AGRICULTURE; FISHERIES; POPLAR COMMISSION)	387
FORESTRY	388
GAS WARFARE	388
GENEVA CONVENTIONS (See RED CROSS CONVENTIONS; RULES OF WARFARE)
GENOCIDE	389
GERMANY (See also FINANCE; PATENTS; REPARATIONS)	390
GRAINS (See also FOOD AID; WHEAT)	391
HAGUE CONVENTIONS (See under JUDICIAL PROCEDURE; PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES; RULES OF WARFARE)
HEALTH	392
HIJACKING (See under AVIATION)
HOSTAGES (See under TERRORISM)
HUMAN RIGHTS	394
HYDROGRAPHY	395
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (See also INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PATENTS)	395
INSULAR POSSESSIONS	399
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY	400
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
INTER-AMERICAN (RIO) TREATY OF RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE (See under DEFENSE)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MARITIME CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION (See INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION)
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (See under ATOMIC ENERGY)
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (See also AVIATION)	401
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE	402
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE (See under ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT)
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (See under ENERGY)
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (See under LABOR)
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION	402
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE	403
INVESTMENT DISPUTES	404
JUDICIAL PROCEDURE	405
KOREA	407
LABOR	407
LAND-LOCKED STATES (See under TRADE AND COMMERCE)
LAOS	412
LAW, PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL (See also JUDICIAL PROCEDURE)	412
LAW OF SEA (See under FISHERIES; MARITIME MATTERS; SEABEDS)
LOAD LINES (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
MARINE POLLUTION	413
MARINE SCIENCE	417
MARITIME MATTERS (See also INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION; LABOR; MARINE POLLUTION; RED CROSS CONVENTIONS; RULES OF WARFARE; SEABEDS)	417
METEOROLOGY (See WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION)
METROLOGY (See under WEIGHTS AND MEASURES)
MIGRATION	428
MOROCCO	428
MOSCOW AGREEMENT (See under WORLD WAR II)
NARCOTIC DRUGS	428
NATIONALITY	431
NORTH ATLANTIC ICE PATROL (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) (See also PATENTS)	432
NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS	436
NUCLEAR ENERGY (See ATOMIC ENERGY)
NUCLEAR FREE ZONE-LATIN AMERICA	437
NUCLEAR MATERIALS	437
NUCLEAR SAFETY	438
NUCLEAR TEST BAN	438
NUCLEAR WEAPONS-NON-PROLIFERATION (See also SEABEDS)	439
OCEAN DUMPING (See MARINE POLLUTION)
OIL POLLUTION (See MARINE POLLUTION)
OPEN SKIES	440
OPIUM (See NARCOTIC DRUGS)
ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (See under ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT)
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES	440
PACIFIC CHARTER (See under DEFENSE)
PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES (See also ARBITRATION; INVESTMENT DISPUTES)	441
PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY	443
PAN AMERICAN UNION (See ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES)
PANAMA CANAL (See in bilateral section PANAMA: CANALS)
PATENTS (See also INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PHONOGRAMS)	443
PEACE TREATIES (See also VIET-NAM)	445
PEACEKEEPING	447
PHONOGRAMS	447
POLAR BEARS	447
POLLUTION (See also MARINE POLLUTION)	447
POPLAR COMMISSION	450
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS	450
POTSDAM AGREEMENT (See under WORLD WAR II)
PRISONER TRANSFER	452
PRISONERS OF WAR (See RED CROSS CONVENTIONS; RULES OF WARFARE)
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (See LAW, PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL)
PUBLICATIONS	453
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION	455
RADIO (See TELECOMMUNICATION)
RECIPROCAL ASSISTANCE, INTER-AMERICAN (See under DEFENSE)
RED CROSS CONVENTIONS (See also INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE; RULES OF WARFARE)	456
REFUGEES	457
RENUNCIATION OF WAR	458
REPARATIONS (See also FINANCE: WORLD WAR II RELATED AGREEMENTS)	458
RICE COMMISSION, INTERNATIONAL (See under AGRICULTURE)
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES (See STATES, RIGHTS AND DUTIES)
RIO TREATY (See under DEFENSE)
ROAD TRAFFIC (See under AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC)
RUBBER	459
RULES OF WARFARE (See also RED CROSS CONVENTIONS; WAR CRIMINALS)	459
SABOTAGE (See under AVIATION)
SAFETY AT SEA (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
SALE OF GOODS (See under TRADE AND COMMERCE)
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS	462
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION	464
SEA, LAW OF (See under FISHERIES; MARITIME MATTERS)
SEABEDS	464
SHIPPING (See under MARITIME MATTERS; RULES OF WARFARE)
SLAVERY (See also TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN)	465
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION	466
SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION (SEATO) (See under DEFENSE)
SPACE (See also ASTRONAUTS)	466
SPITZBERGEN	468
STATES, RIGHTS AND DUTIES	469
SUBMARINE CABLES (See under TELECOMMUNICATION)
TANGIER, STATUS OF (See MOROCCO)
TAXATION	469
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER	469
TELECOMMUNICATION (See also SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS)	469
TERRORISM	476
TEXTILES (See under TRADE AND COMMERCE)
TIMBER	478
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT (See under MARITIME MATTERS)
TORTURE	479
TRADE AND COMMERCE (See also CUSTOMS)	480
TRADE-MARKS (See INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY)
TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN	482
TRANSPORTATION-FOODSTUFFS	483
TRIESTE (See under PEACE TREATIES)
UNITED NATIONS	483
VIET-NAM	485
WAR (See RED CROSS CONVENTIONS; RENUNCIATION OF WAR; RULES OF WARFARE; WORLD WAR II)
WAR CRIMINALS (See also RULES OF WARFARE)	485
WARSAW CONVENTION (See under AVIATION)
WEAPONS	486
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES	486
WETLANDS (See under CONSERVATION)
WHALING	487
WHEAT (See also FOOD AID; GRAINS)	488
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC (See TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN)
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION (See CONSERVATION; FISHERIES; POLAR BEARS; WHALING)
WINE	488
WOMEN-POLITICAL RIGHTS (See also NATIONALITY)	489
WORLD BANK (See under FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (See HEALTH)
WORLD HERITAGE	490
WORLD INTELLECTUCAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (See INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION	491
WORLD WAR II (See also ARMISTICE AGREEMENTS; PEACE TREATIES; REPARATIONS; WAR CRIMINALS)	492
APPENDIX: INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES	495



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