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 990 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. With reference to the penultimate paragraph of your note under reference, this Government has taken note that the Government of El Salvador reserves its rights to extend to aliens in El Salvador the military service obligations which at present are required only of Salvadoran citizens. It is suggested that all the details incident to carrying out the agree- ment be discussed directly by officers of the Embassy with the ap- propriate officers in the Selective Service System and the War De- partment. Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Parker, of the Selective Service System, and Lieutenant Colonel V. L. Sailor, of the Recruiting and Induction Section, Adjutant General's Office, War Department, will be available to discuss questions relating to the exercise of the option prior to induction. The Inter-Allied Personnel Board of the War Department, which is headed by Major General Guy V. Henry, is the agency with which questions relating to the discharge of non- declarant nationals of El Salvador, who may have been serving in the Army of the United States on the effective date of the agreement, and who desire to transfer to the Salvadoran forces, may be discussed. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest con- sideration. For the Secretary of State: G. HOWLAND SHAW His Excellency Sefior Dr. Don HECTOR DAVID CASTRO, Ambassador of El Salvador.

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