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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PERMANEN'! EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES AS AGREED BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.

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I. TERMS OF REFERENCE.

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The terms of reference of the Anglo-French Permanent Executive Committees as defined by the two Governments are as follows:

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To lay down a programme of the requirements of the two countries in the particular field covered by each executive committee and where possible, to establish an ad hoc inventory of the resources of each country in that field.

To secure the best utilisation in the common interest of the resources of the two countries in raw materials, means of production, etc., and, so far as may be possible to provide for a fair allocation of cuts arising out of the necessity for the restriction of programme

Having regard to the above considerations, to formulate joint Allied programmes of imports. To organise purchases under such agreed programmes of imports in such a way as to prevent all competition between the French and British purchases. This will in most cases entail the making of purchases through a single purchasing organisation, the form of which should be adapted to suit the particular conditions prevailing in different countries, To ensure that such programmes are effectively carried out.

ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

Meetings of the Executive Committees will be held in London at frequent and regular intervals or whenever requested by the head of either section of the Executive Committee. Faca Executive Committee will appoint its own Chairman. It will also nominate Joint Secretaries to whom communications can be addressed and who will be responsible for summoning meetings, keeping minutes of meetings and dealing with general correspondence. Copies of the minutes will be communicated to the Chairman of the Anglo-French Co-ordinating Committee as well as to the British and French Ministries concerned.

The Executive Committees have the right to set up Sub-Committees to deal with particular products. Any decisions which may be taken by those Sub-Committees will be notified to the Permanent Executive Committees at their next meeting and recorded in the Minutes.

In the Case of the Executive Committee for Aviation, meetings will be held at Harrogate.

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