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 56 STAT.] HAITI-RECIPROCAL TRADE-APR. 25, 1942 The American Minister to the HaitianSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, No. 438 April 25, 1942. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today's date, referring to the recent conversations regarding the trade agree- ment between the United States of America and the Republic of Haiti signed on March 28, 1935. I have the honor to confirm the understanding reached as a result of these conversations that the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Haiti are in agree- ment as follows: 1. The provisions of Articles I and II of the trade agreement of March 28, 1935, shall not prevent the Government of either country from imposing at any time on the importation of any article a charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed in respect of a like domestic article or in respect of a commodity from which the imported article has been manufactured in whole or inpart. Moreover, the provisions of Article IV of the said agreement shall not prevent the application to cigarettes originating in the United States of America of an increase in the internal tax to the same extent that the internal tax on domestic cigarettes is increased. 2. Nothing in the trade agreement of March 28, 1935, shall be 49 Stt. 3737. construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by either coun- try of measures relating to public security, or imposed for the protection of the country's essential interests in time of war or other national emergency. 3. With reference to the exchange of notes between the Gov- ernments of the Republic of Haiti and the United States of Amer- ica effected on February 16 and 19, 1942, regarding exclusive Ant' '14'. tariff preferences accorded by the Republic of Haiti to the Domin- ican Republic which are specifically provided for in the treaty of commerce between the Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic signed on August 26, 1941, it is understood that the pro- visions of the exchange of notes of February 16 and 19, 1942, shall also extend to empty sisal sacks as provided for in the ex- change of notes of March 24, 1942, supplementing the provisions of the treaty of commerce of August 26, 1941. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. J. C. WHITE His Excellency M. CHARLES FOMBRUN, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Port-au -Prince. 1499

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