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 57 STAT.] BRAZIL-MILITARY SERVICE-JAN. 23, APR. 28, MAY 24, 1943 [Translation] EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL No. 152/622.23(22) WASHINGTON, April 28, 1943. MR. SECRETARY OF STATE: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of the 23rd day of January last whereby Your Excellency states that the Govern- ment of the United States of America is disposed to initiate a pro- ceeding in favor of foreigners registered by virtue of the Selective Service Act of 1940 who are citizens of cobelligerent countries and who have not declared an intention of becoming naturalized Americans, for the exercise of the option of serving in the armed forces of their respective countries or of being transferred to them. 2. In reply, I have to state to Your Excellency that I have received instructions from my Government in the sense of accepting that there should be effected, between Brazil and the United States of America, and on the basis of reciprocity, the proceeding referred to above and to communicate that my Government gives the guarantees stipulated in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of the said note of January 23, 1943 with the following reservations: 1) The Brazilian Government understands that the accord must be considered as reciprocal under all aspects and that the guarantees requested of the Brazilian Government in the said note are given, by implication, by the Government of the United States also, and 2) The Brazilian Government cannot assume the task of inform- ing all the American citizens in service in its armed forces, or American citizens who may by chance have lost their citizen- ship in consequence of having taken an oath in the Brazilian forces and who are at present serving in those armed forces, that they can be transferred to the armed forces of the United States if they should so desire and if they be accepted by the armed forces of the United States. In like manner, no notifica- tion shall be required with relation to the Brazilian citizens who may by chance be serving in the armed forces of the United States or who may be subject to military service under the laws of the United States. 3. The Brazilian Government hopes, however, that the Brazilian citizens already incorporated in or summoned to the army of the United States may be able to exercise, by virtue of this agreement, the option to serve in the armed forces of Brazil. I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. CARLOS MARTINS PEREIRA E SOUSA His Excellency CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States of America. 81077°-44-rT. I- - 23 997

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