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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. August 14,24, 1945 Agreement between the United States of America and Haiti respecting [E.A.s.03 reciprocal customs privileges. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Port-au -PrinceAugust 14 and 24, 1945; effective August 24, 1945. The American Ambassador to the HaitianSecretary of Statefor Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 459 Port-au-Prince,Haiti,August 14, 1945. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the United States Government would view with favor an arrangement for the extension of the free importation privileges on a strict basis of reciprocity, to American Consular officers and clerks in the Mission and Consular offices, assigned to Haiti; and to Haitian Consular officers and clerks in the Mission and Consular offices, assigned to the United States. It is proposed that, in addition to the free entry of personal baggage and effects upon arrival and upon return to their posts in the United States after visits abroad, which Haitian consular officers already enjoy, such officers and the clerks in the Mission and Consular offices, who are Haitian nationals and not engaged in any private occupation for gain, on a basis of reciprocity, would be accorded the privilege of importing free of duty articles for their personal use at any time during the period that they exercise essential government functions in the United States, on the understanding that no article, the impor- tation of which is prohibited by the laws of the United States, should be imported by them. The arrangement would likewise provide that American Consular officers and clerks in the Mission and Consular offices, who are na- tionals of the United States and not engaged in any private occupation for gain, would be accorded in Haiti the privileges as set forth above. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consid- eration. ORME WILSON His Excellency M. GfRARD LESCOT, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Port-au-Prince. 1868

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