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 956 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. note stating that your government desires to participate in it and agrees to the stipulations set forth in lettered paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) above. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consid- eration. SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State His Excellency JAN CIECHANOWSKI, Ambassador of Poland. The Secretary of State to the Polish Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON December 14, 1942 ExcELLENcy: I have the honor to refer to your note No. 745/SZ-72 of October 13, 1942, [ 1] and to other correspondence exchanged in the matter of the proposed arrangement between the United States and Poland con- cerning the services of nationals of one country in the armed forces of the other country. You state that your Government is prepared to accept an arrangement which would make it possible a) for all Polish citizens residing in the United States, who are liable to register under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, to enlist in the Polish Armed Forces should they so desire; b) for all Polish citizens, who have already been drafted in the Armed Forces of the United States, to be given the opportunity to transfer, if they so desire, to the Polish Armed Forces; and that your Government would be prepared to conform to lettered paragraphs a, b, and c of the Department's note of March 30, 1942. I take pleasure in informing you that this Government is prepared to enter into an arrangement with your Government as proposed in the Department's note of March 30, 1942; however, this Government finds itself unable to make the arrangement applicable to "all Polish citi- zens", as desired in lettered paragraphs a) and b) of your note of October 13, 1942. This Government is unable to grant the privileges outlined in the Department's note of March 30,1942, to any but Polish nationals who have not declared their intention of becoming American citizens. This Government is prepared, however, upon the conclusion of the proposed arrangement, to grant to nondeclarant Polish nationals already serving in the armed forces of the United States, who did not previously have an opportunity of electing to serve in the forces of [Not printed.]

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