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 T exemption. No. 431 LEGATION OF T:E UNITED STATES OF AMERIcA Monrovia, Liberia, February 3, 1944 Navy Department u party to contract. EXCELLENCY: The Department has now been advised that in order for the Navy Department to act as procurement agency for the projected port devel- opment, it will be necessary for the Navy to be a party to the contract. Please be good enough to inform me whether the Liberian Govern- ment will have any objection to signing a three party construction contract between the Liberian Government, the Navy Department, and the contractor. If the Liberian Government's reply is favorable, a draft of a new contract will be forwarded for consideration by the Liberian Gov- ernment. In this connection, an exchange of notes between the Liberian Gov- ernment and the Legation in the foregoing sense would be regarded by the Department as a satisfactory amendment to the Port Agreement. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my high con- sideration. His Excellency GAeBIEmo L. DIENmI , Secretary of State, R.L ., Monrovia LESTER A WAIIrON American Minister INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT. ArTmcLE 8 The Government of the United States of America shall be exempt from the payment of Liberian taxes of any kind in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of its naval, air and mili- tary facilities and installations under this Agreement. ARTImCL 9 This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature. Signed and sealed in Monrovia in duplicate this thirty-first day of December 1943. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: [SIAL] LESTER A WALTON Envoy Extraordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiaryof the United States of America in Monrovia FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA: [SEAL] C. L. SImPsoN Secretary of State of the Republic of Liberia The American Minister to the LiberianSecretary of State Effctive date.

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