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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., IST SESS. -CHS. 43, 49, 59-APR. 7, 10, 11, 1941 possession, or other similar governmental organization or subdivi- sion of a foreign government, and any agency or instrumentality of any such foreign government or of any such organization or subdi- vision; (3) the term 'central bank' includes any foreign bank or banker authorized to perform any one or more of the functions of a central bank; (4) the term 'person' includes any individual, or any corporation, partnership, association, or other similar organization; and (5) the term 'insured bank' shall have the meaning given to it in section 12B of this Act." Approved, April 7, 1941. [CHAPTER 49] JOINT RESOLUTION Affirming and approving nonrecognition of the transfer of any geographic region in this hemisphere from one non-American power to another non-American power, and providing for consultation with other American republics in the event that such transfer should appear likely. Whereas our traditional policy has been to consider any attempt on the part of non-American powers to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to the peace and safety not only of this country but of the other American republics; and Whereas the American republics agreed at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace held in Buenos Aires in 1936 and at the Eighth International Conference of American States held in Lima in 1938 to consult with one another in the event that the peace, security, or territorial integrity of any American republic should be threatened; and Whereas the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the American Republics at Panama October 3, 1939, resolved "That in case any geographic region of America subject to the jurisdiction of any non- American state should be obliged to change its sovereignty and there should result therefrom a danger to the security of the American Continent, a consultative meeting such as the one now being held will be convoked with the urgency that the case may require": Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (1) That the United States would not recognize any transfer, and would not acquiesce in any attempt to transfer, any geographic region of this hemisphere from one non-American power to another non-American power; and (2) That if such transfer or attempt to transfer should appear likely, the United States shall, in addition to other measures, imme- diately consult with the other American republics to determine upon the steps which should be taken to safeguard their common interests. Approved, April 10, 1941. [CHAPTER 59] JOINT RESOLUTION To carry out the obligations of the United States under the Inter-American Coffee Agreement, signed at Washington on November 28, 1940, and for other purposes. Whereas an Inter-American Coffee Agreement was signed at Wash- ington on November 28, 1940, by representatives of the Govern- ments of the United States of America, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela; and 133 "Central bank." "Person." "Insured bank." 48 Stat. 168 . 12U. S.O. i264. April 10, 1941 [S. J. Res. 7] [Public Law 32] Preamble. 51 Stat. 15. Nonrecognition of certaln transfers of regions of this hlemi- sphere. Consultations it transferappearslikely. April 11, 1941 [S. J. Res. 43] [Public Law 33] Preamble. Poa, pp. 561, 754.

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