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 1204 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. Note in the English, French, and Arabic Languages From the American Minister to the Egyptian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 759. Cairo, March 2, 1943. EXCELLENCY: Referring to your letter No. P. 4. - 55 .9/137 C of March 2, 1943, in which Your Excellency has been so good as to inform me that the Egyptian Government had decided to accord immunity from juris- diction in criminal matters to the members of the United States Forces in Egypt, I have the honor to advise you in the name of the Government of the United States of its full agreement on the various provisions of your letter and to express to Your Excellency the appre- ciation and thanks of the United States Government for the coopera- tion of the Egyptian Government in this matter. I hasten to assure you that the United States military authorities will take all necessary measures for the prosecution and punishment of all infractions committed in Egypt by members of the United States Forces. It is also expressly understood that the exceptional regime provided for above has been accorded by the Egyptian Government only be- cause of the special situation resulting from the war and that it will terminate in all respects at the end of the war to permit the return to normal law. I am in addition in agreement that Your Excellency's letter and this reply be considered as constituting an agreement binding our Governments. I take this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. ALEXANDER KIRK His Excellency Moustapha El NARAS Pasha, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cairo.

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