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No claim arising under this contract shall be assigned by the Netherlands Government except as follows:
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 as amended (31 U.S. Code 203, 41 U.S. Code 15), if this contract provides for payments aggregating $ 1,000 or more, claims for moneys due or to become due the Netherlands Government from the United States Government under this contract may be assigned to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, including any Federal lending agency, and may thereafter be further assigned and reassigned to any such institution. Any such assignment or reassignment shall cover all amounts payable under this contract and not already paid, and shall not be made to more than one party, except that any such assignment or reassignment may be made to one party as agent or trustee for two or more parties participating in such financing.
(b) In no event shall copies of this contract or of any plans, specifications, or other similar documents relating to work under this contract, if marked “Top Secret”, “Secret”, “Confidential”, or “Restricted” be furnished to any assignee of any claim arising under this contract or to any other person not entitled to receive the same; provided, that a copy of any part or all of this contract so marked may be furnished, or any information contained therein may be disclosed to such assignee upon the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer.