Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

give free import and guaran- tee freedom from requisition to all A.M.R. supplies of what- ever nature. Twelfth: That the relief supplies are to be distributed in the name of the A.M.R. remaining the property of the A.M.R. until consumed or in use by those for whom they are designated. Thirteenth: That the Soviet Authorities undertake to reimburse the A.M.R. in dollars at C. I. F. cost or replace in kind any misused relief supplies. Fourteenth: That the A.M.R. is to effect the necessary organization for carrying out its relief work. The Soviet Authorities, Central and Local, have the right of representa- tion therein. APPENDIX 449 Fifteenth: That the Soviet Authorities will provide without charge: A. The necessary premises for kitchens and dispen- saries. B. The necessary fuel and when available equipment for cooking, distributing, and feeding. C. The total cost of local relief administration, food preparation, distribution, etc. D. On the request of the A.M.R. such local medical personnel and assistance as are necessary to ad- minister efficiently its relief. E. The necessary transportation for the movement of relief supplies, equipment, and personnel to- gether with their baggage, assigning reasonable space for the use of the personnel. F. The necessary residential quarters, offices, gar- ages, store rooms, etc., for the transaction of the A.M.R. business, and when available heat, light, and water for same. All such premises to be free from seizure and requisition. Examination of such premises will not be made except with the knowledge of and in the presence of the chief of the A.M.R. operations in Russia or his representa- tive. G. Priority in the use of existing radio, cable, tele- graph, telephone, post and couriers in Russia and will provide the A.M.R. as far as possible with telephone facilities. H. The necessary gasoline and oil to operate its motor transportation. Sixteenth: To accord to the American personnel of the A.M.R. and its couriers the courtesies in crossing frontiers usually extended to relief workers. Seventeenth: To permit the A.M.R. to import and re- éxport free of duty and requisition such commissary, trans- port and office supplies as are necessary for the personnel and administration. Eighteenth: In localities where the A.M.R. may be op- erating and where epidemics are raging, the A.M.R. shall be enabled in cooperation with the Soviet Authorities to take 450 FEEDING THE HUNGRY such steps as may be necessary toward the improvement of sanitary conditions, protection of water supply, et cetera. Nineteenth: Both parties reserve to themselves the right of terminating this agreement at any time, giving four weeks notice. Made in Moscow on the First day of October, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one. On behalf of the Central Commission for Combatting Famine of the All Russian Central Executive Committee of the Soviets, L. Kamenev. On