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 57 STAT.] EL SALVADOR-MILITARY SERVICE-APR. 3, MAY 14, 31 , 1943 In execution of the instructions which I have received, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that my Government desires to participate in the arrangements above detailed and that it agrees expressly to the stipulations detailed in paragraphs lettered (a), (b), and (c), already copied in this note. In connection with the paragraph lettered (a), my Government reserves to its legislative power the right to extend to aliens the military service obligations, which at present are required only of Salvadoran citizens. This clarification is made with a view to legis- lative changes which may be necessitated by the present war situa- tion; and it is to be noted that the same clarification accentuates the reciprocity established in the arrangement. I renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest con- sideration. HECTOR DAVID CASTRO His Excellency CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. DE-197 A-820 The Secretary of State to the Salvadoran Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON May 31, 1943 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note of May 14, 1943 in which you state that your Government de- sires to enter into the agreement proposed in my note of April 3, 1943 concerning the services of nationals of one country in the armed forces of the other country. You state that you have received in- structions from your Government to accept in all its parts the arrange- ment proposed in my note of April 3, 1943 and that your Government desires to participate in the arrangements detailed therein and agrees expressly to the stipulations detailed in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of the note of April 3, 1943. You also state that in connection with the paragraph lettered (a), your Government reserves to its legisla- tive power the right to extend to aliens the military service obliga- tions, which at present are required only of Salvadoran citizens. I take pleasure in informing you that this agreement is now con- Efective date. sidered by this Government as having become effective on May 15, 1943, the date on which your note under acknowledgment was re- ceived in the Department. The appropriate authorities of this Gov- ernment have been informed accordingly, and I may assure you that this Government will carry out the agreement in the spirit of full cooperation with your Government. 989

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