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 54 STAT.] LIBERIA-CONSULAR OFFICERS-OCT. 7, 1938 1751 Convention between the United States of America and Liberia respecting October 7,1938 consular officers. Signed at Monrovia October 7, 1938; ratification IT. . No. 9571 advised by the Senate of the United States August 1, 1939; ratified by the President of the United States August 14, 1939; ratified by Liberia November 16, 1939; ratifications exchanged at Monrovia November 21, 1939; proclaimed by the Presidentof the United States November 30, 1939. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a Convention between the United States of America and Preamble. the Republic of Liberia, defining the duties, rights, prerogatives and immunities of consular officers of each country in the territory of the other country, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Monrovia on the seventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, the original of which Con- vention, being in the English language, is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and the President of the Republic of Liberia, being desirous of defining the duties, rights, prerogatives and immunities of consular officers of each coun- try in the territory of the other country, have decided to conclude a convention to that end and have appointed the following Pleni- potentiaries; that is to say: The President of the United States of America: Lester A. Walton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Liberia, and The President of the Republic of Liberia: His Excellency C. L. Simpson, Secretary of State of the Repub- lic of Liberia, Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: AwmTCLE I Each of the High Contracting Parties agrees to receive from the other, consular officers in those of its ports, places, and cities, where it may be convenient and which are open to consular representatives of any foreign country. Consular officers of each of the High Contracting Parties shall, after entering upon their duties, enjoy reciprocally in the terri- tories of the other all the rights, privileges, exemptions and immuni- ties which are enjoyed by officers of the same grade of the most 193470°-41 - -P. I---33 Text. Plenipotentiaries. Reception of con- sular officers. Enjoyment of rights, etc., accorded most favored nation.

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