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(c ) Supplies, materials and services needed in the construction 
      of military projects, tasks and similar capital works required 
      for the common war effort in Australia, except for the wages 
             and salaries of United States citizens.        
 
                                                            
 
 
(d) Supplies, materials, and services needed in the construction 
      of such military projects, tasks and capital works in territory 
      other than Australia or territory of the United States to the 
      extent that Australia is a more practicable source of supply 
     that the United States or another of the United Nations
 
                                                            
 
 
5. Requests by the United States Government for such aid will 
      be presented by duly authorized authorities of the United States 
      to the official agencies of the Commonwealth of Australia which 
      will be designated or established in Canberra and in the areas 
      where United States forces are located for the purposes of facilitating 
                 the provision of reciprocal aid.           
 
                                                            
 
 
6. It is my understanding that all such aid accepted by