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 1204 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT. The Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs De- partment to the Secretary in Charge of the Ofice of the Personal Representative of the President of the United States of America to India D. O. No: 9042-X/42. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT INDIA NEW DELHI, The 16th Octr., 1942. DEAR Mr. HASELTON Will you please refer to your D.O. letter No. 710/820, dated the 10th October, 1942, enquiring whether the proposed Allied Forces (U.S .A .) Ordinance would have application in the Indian States? I am desired to say that it is intended that the Ordinance, when, promulgated, should be brought to the notice of the Residents in the Indian States, who will be informed that His Excellency the Crown Representative has decided that no Criminal proceedings shall be taken in any State court against any member of the U. S. A. armed forces. For all practical purposes therefore the position will be identical in British India and in the States. Yours sincerely H WEIGHTMAN To NORRIS S. HESELTON, Esquire, Secretary in charge of the Office of the Personal Representative of the Presidentof the United States of America to India at New Delhi. US. 16/10. Ordinance No. LVII of 1942 as published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Oct. 26, 1942 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT New Delhi, the B6th Ocober, 194S ORDINANCE No. LVII oF 1942. AN ORDINANCE to make certain provisions respecting the military and navalforces in British India of the United States of America. WHEREAS an emergency has arisen which renders it necessary, in order to give effect to an agreement recorded in Notes exchanged between the Central Government in British India and the Government

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