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 56 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-MILITARY SERVICE- ar. 30 Apr. 29, 19429 June 9, Sept. 30, 1942 3. Transfers will be allowed only to suitable vacancies in United States forces which may be stationed in the country in which the men are serving, since shipping difficulties preclude transfers involving sea passages. 4. The transfer will be subject to the report of a Medical Board and interview by the United States Army authorities. 5. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom trust that the above arrangements, which apply to former American citizens who may have lost their citizenship as the result of having taken an Oath of Allegiance as well as to American citizens in the full sense of the word, will be regarded by the United States authorities as satisfy- ing the stipulations of the fifth paragraph of your note under reply, and will thus enable the regime described in that note to be brought into effect. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, HALIFAX The Honourable CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D.C. The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State No. 282 His Majesty's Ambassador presents his compliments to the Secretary of State, and with reference to his note to Mr. Hull of April 29th on the subject of the application of the Selective Training and Service Act to British subjects in the United States, has the honour to inform the Department that a bill will shortly be introduced in Parliament to enable the United Kingdom National Service Acts to be applied to Allied Nationals who do not join their National Forces within a reasonable period or hold a certificate of exemption from military service issued by their own Government. The primary object of this bill is to deal with refractory Nationals in the United Kingdom of Allied countries whose governments are established there and who refuse to comply with calling up notices from those governments, since His Majesty's Government, like the United States Government, are unwilling to allow the enforcement in the United Kingdom of foreign conscription laws. In pursuance of the general policy towards Allied Governments this legislation will however only be applied to specific Allied nationalities with the con- currence of respective Allied government. The numbers of United States citizens of military age in the United Kingdom available for military service must be very small, but His Majesty's Government presume that on the basis of that reciprocity which they favour in this matter United States Government will wish

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