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( b) Transmit the communique to the headquarters of the information agency whose correspondent was responsible for originating the despatch in question, if such headquarters are within its. territory. 2. In the event that a Contracting State does not discharge its obligation under this Article with respect to the communique of another Contracting State, the latter may accord, on the basis of reciprocity, similar treatment to a communique thereafter submitted to it by the defaulting State. Article XI 1. If any of the Contracting States to which a communique has been transmitted in accordance with Article IX fails to fulfil, within the prescribed time-limit, the obligations laid down in Article X, the Contracting State exercising the right of correction may submit the said communique, together with a verbatim text of the despatch as published or disseminated, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and shall at the same' time notify the State complained against that it is doing so. The latter State may, within five clear days after receiving such notice, submit its comments to the Secretary-General, which shall relate only to the allegation that it has not discharged its obligations under Article X. 2. The Secretary-General shall in any event, within ten clear days after receiving the communique, give appropriate publicity through the information channels at his disposal to the communique, together with the despatch and the comments, if any, submitted to him by the State complained against. Miscellaneous Provisions Article XII 1.. Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as depriving a Contracting State of its right to make and enforce laws and public regulations for the protection of national security and public order. 2. Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as depriving any Contracting State of its right to make and enforce laws and public regulations prohibiting news material which is blasphemous or contrary to public morals or decency. 3. No Contracting State shall, however, impose censorship in peacetime oil news material leaving its territory except on grounds of national defence, and then only in accordance with Article VII. 4. Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as prejudicing the adoption by. a Contracting State of any legislation requiring that a portion of the staff employed by foreign enterprises operating in its territory shall be composed of nationals of that State. 5. Nothing in the present Convention shall be construed as preventing K a Contracting State from taking measures to help the establishment and . development of independent domestic information agencies or to prohibit practices tending to create monopolies. * 6. Nothing in the present Convention shall limit the power of a Contracting State to reserve to its nationals the right to establish and direct in its territory newspapers, periodicals, and radio-broadcasting and television organizations.