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 1510 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [52 STAT. petent authorities in the United States shall be accepted where re- quired in Bulgaria without legalization or translation. Likewise, Bulgarian certificates of origin issued by the Bulgarian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Sofia, Plovdiv, Bourgas, Varna, and Rousse shall be accepted also in the United States of America where required without legalization or translation. The Bulgarian certi- ficates of origin shall be in the French language. In bringing the foregoing to the attention of the Legation of the United States, the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honor to request the Legation to be good enough to inform the Ministry of its assent to the foregoing as well as to inform it as to which authorities in the United States shall be competent to issue American certificates of origin. The Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of the opportunity to renew to the honorable Legation the assurances of its high consid- eration. [SEAL] The American Legation at Sofia to the Royal Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 13 LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Legation of the United States of America presents its compli- ments to the Royal Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Ministry's note verbale No. 4212-19-II, of January 5, 1938, to the effect that the Bulgarian Government agrees to waive all requirements of legalization on certificates of origin relating to merchandise issued by competent authorities in the United States or by organizations such as Chambers of Commerce. In view of the assurances set forth in the Ministry's note under acknowledgment, the Legation has been instructed to inform the Ministry that the American Government will not require the legaliza- tion or authentication of certificates of origin issued by competent authorities in Bulgaria, such as the Chambers of Commerce and Industry at Sofia, Plovdiv, Bourgas, Varna and Rousse, which are mentioned in the Ministry's note referred to above. With reference to the penultimate paragraph of the Ministry's note, the Legation has no list on file of the authorities and organiza- tions in the United States which would be competent to issue certifi- cates of origin, but suggests that such organizations would be the Merchants' Association of New York and the Chambers of Commerce in the important centers of the United States. The Legation avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry the assurance of its highest consideration. SoFA, January6, 1938. To the ROYAL BLGARIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Sofia.

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