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trative forum, including the courts of the Marshall Islands and
the courts of the United States and its political subdivisions.
Section 2

The Government of the Marshall Islands shall terminate any
legal proceedings in the courts of the Marshall Islands against
the Government of the United States its agents, employees, contractors and citizens and nationals, involving claims of the Government of the Marshall Islands, its citizens and nationals, aris-

ing out of the nuclear testing program and shall nullify all attach-

ments or any judgments attained relating to such proceedings.
Article X

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Subject to Article XIII, in consideration for the payment of
the amounts set forth in the Agreement, the Government of the
Marshall Islands, on behalf of itself and its citizens ana
nationals, shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States,
its agents, employees, contractors and citizens and nationals, all
claims set forth in Article Ix of this Agreement, and all actions

or proceedings which may hereafter be asserted or brought by or on

behalf of the Government of the Marshall Islands, its citizens and
nationals, in any court on other judicial forum based on, arising
out of or in anyway related to the nuclear testing program,
Article xi

Upon approval of this Agreement by the Congress of the United
States, all claims described in Article IX and X% of this Agreement
shall be terminated, and no court of the United States shall have

jurisdiction to entertain such claims,
Any pending claims pending
in the courts of the United States shall be dismissed forthwith,
Article XII.

Section 1

This Agreement shall come into effect simultaneously with the

Compact and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
411 of the Compact,
Section 2
Those provisions of this Agreement may be amended at any time
by mutual consent of the Government of the Marshall Islands and
the Government of the United States,

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