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 58 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-COPYRIGHT EXTENSION-MAR. 10, 1944 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the British territories named in the annexed list, and citizens of Palestine (ex- cluding Trans-Jordan), who are authors or copyright owners of works first produced or published outside the United States and now sub- ject to copyright, ad interim copyright or renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States, are at present and since the outbreak of war between the United Kingdom and Germany on September 3rd, 1939, have been temporarily unable to comply with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are prepared if this proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United States of America, to regard the present note and Your Excellency's reply to the same effect as constituting an agreement between the two Gov- ernments, which shall take effect this day. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, HATIFAX The Honourable CORDuFL HUAL, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D. C. British India British Burma Southern Rhodesia Aden Colony Bahamas Barbados Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate Bermuda British Guiana British Honduras British Solomon Islands Protectorate Ceylon Cyprus Falkland Islands and Dependencies Fiji Gambia (Colony and Protectorate) Gibraltar Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Gold Coast (a) Colony (b) Ashanti (c) Northern Territories Hong Kong Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands) Kenya (Colony and Protectorate) Leeward Islands Antigua Montserrat St. Christopher and Nevis Virgin Islands 1243

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