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 55 STAT.] INTER-AMERICAN--FOREIGN COMPANIES-JUNE 23, 1939 Protocol between the United States of America and certainother American States embodying a declarationon the juridical personality offoreign companies. Opened for signature at the Pan American Union at W'ashington June 25, 1936; signed for the United States of America, subject to two understandings, June 23, 1939; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States, subject to the said understandings, June 12, 1941; ratified by the President of the United States, subject to the said understandings, June 23, 1941; ratification of the United States of America deposited with the PanAmerican Union at Washing- ton July 10, 1941; proclaimed by the President of the United States August 21, 1941. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a Protocol embodying a declaration concerning the Juridical Personality of Foreign Companies, which was opened for signature at the Pan American Union on June 25, 1936, was signed by the Plenipotentiary of the United States of America on June 23, 1939, subject to two understandings, as follows: "1. It is understood that the companies described in the Decla- ration shall be permitted to sue or defend suits of any kind, without the requirement of registration or domestication. "2. It is further understood that the Government of the United States of America may terminate the obligations arising under the Declaration at any time after twelve months' notice given in advance." and by the Plenipotentiaries of certain other American States, namely, Chile with a statement formulating the principle of the declaration, June 25, 1936; Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Peru, July 22, 1936; Venezuela, June 30, 1936; and the Dominican Republic with a statement formulating the principle of the Declaration, November 7, 1939, the original of which Protocol, being in the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages, and including the aforesaid under- standings on the part of the United States of America and statements on the part of Chile and the Dominican Republic, is word for word as follows: June 23, 1939 T. S.973] 1201

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