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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. May 4, 1946 IT. I. A. S. 1535 Exchange of diplo- matic representatives and consular officers. Rights, privileges, etc., of diplomatic rep- resentatives. Consular officers. Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Yemen respectingfriendship and commerce. Signed at Sana'a May 4, 1946; effective May 4, 1946. The Chief, Special United States Diplomatic Mission to the Kingdom of the Yemen, to the Yemen Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs SPECIAL U. S. DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO THE KINGDOM OF THE YEMEN SANA'A, May 4, 1946 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to make the following statement of my Govern- ment's understanding of the agreement reached through conversations held at Sana'a April 14 to May 4 by representatives of the Govern- ment of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of the Yemen with reference to diplomatic and consular representation, juridical protection, commerce and navigation as hereafter defined. These two Governments, having in mind the letter dated March 4, 1946, ['] from the President of the United States of America to the Imam Yehya Bin Mohamed Hamid-ud-din, King of the Yemen, by which the United States of America recognized the complete and absolute independence of the Kingdom of the Yemen, and desiring to strengthen the friendly relations happily existing between the two countries, and to respect the rights of this inde- pendence recognized by the above-mentioned letter as the basis for all their relations and to maintain the most-favored-nation principle in its unconditional and unlimited form as the basis of their commercial relations, agree to the following provisions: ARTICLE I The United States of America and the Kingdom of the Yemen will exchange diplomatic representatives and consular officers at a date which shall be fixed by mutual agreement between the two Govern- ments. ARTICLE II The diplomatic representatives of each Party accredited to the Government of the other Party shall enjoy in the territories of such other Party the rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities accorded under generally recognized principles of international law. The consular officers of each Party who are assigned to the Government of the other Party, and are duly provided with exequaturs, shall be per- mitted to reside in the territories of such other Party at the places t [Not printed.] 1782

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