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 TREATIES January 27,1939 Convention between the United States of America and Finland regulating [T. S .No. 953 military obligations of persons having dual nationality. Signed at Helsinki January 27, 1939; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States August 1, 1939; ratified by the President of the United States August 14, 1939; ratified by Finland September 29, 1939; ratifications exchanged at Helsinki October 3, 1939; proclaimed by the President of the United States October 7, 1939. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Preamble. WHEREAS a convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Finland regulating the military obligations of persons possessing the nationality of both the High Contracting Parties was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Helsinki on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, the original of which convention, in the English and Finnish languages, is word for word as follows: Texts. The United States of America and the Republic of Finland, being desirous of regulating the ques- tion of exemption from military obligations of persons possessing the nationality of both the High Contracting Parties, have decided to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: Plentpotentlarles. The President of the United States of America: Mr. H. F. Arthur SCHOENFELD, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland; and The President of the Republic of Finland: Mr. Juho Eljas ERKKO, Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland; Amerikan Yhdysvallat ja Suo- men Tasavalta, haluten jiarjestaa kysymyksen kummankin Korkean Sopimuspuolen kansalaisuuden omaavien henkil6iden vapauttami- sesta sotilaallisista velvollisuuk- sista, ovat paattaneet tassa tarkoi- tuksessa solmia sopimuksen ja ovat valtuutetuikseen maaranneet: Amerikan Yhdysvaltain Presi- dentti: Herra H. F. Arthur SCHOEN- FELDin, Amerikan Yhdysval- tain Suomen Tasavallassa ole- van erikoislahettilaan ja tay- sivaltaisen ministerin, ja Suomen Tasavallan Presidentti: Herra Juho Eljas ERKON, Suo- men Tasavallan ulkoasiain- ministerin, 1712 [54 STAT.

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