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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAR. 27, 1947 nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment to citizens of the United States of America; and WHEREAS satisfactory official assurances have been received that under the law of France treatment substantially equal to that author- 55 Stat. 732. ized by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941 is accorded in France . C. 1 to citizens of the United States of America; and 61 Stat., Pt. 3. WHEREAS the aforesaid official assurances are embodied in a note dated this day from the Ambassador of France at Washington to the Secretary of State of the United States of America; and WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated April 9, 1910 (36 Stat. 2685) citizens of France are, and since July 1, 1909 have been, entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 17 U. . C.C. 1-82 1075) relating to copyright, other than the benefits of section 1 (e) of that act; and WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated May 24, 1918 (40 Stat. 1784), the citizens of France are, and since May 24, 1918 have been, entitled 35 Stat.5 (e). to the benefits of section 1 (e) of the aforesaid act of March 4, 1909; U NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of authority 55 Stat. 732. vested in me by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, do declare and proclaim: tensin of o ntie re- That with respect to (1) works of citizens of France which were first specting cdsignte produced or published outside the United States of America on or France. after September 3, 1939 and subject to copyright under the laws of the United States of America, and (2) works of citizens of France sub- ject to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, there has existed for several years of the time since September 3, 1939 such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America as to bring such works within the terms of s1Utat.3. .the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941; and that accordingly the time within which compliance with such conditions and formalities may take place is hereby extended with respect to such works until the day on which the President of the United States of America shall, in accordance with that act, terminate or suspend the present declaration and proclamation. Term o copyright; It shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not ats, etc. and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation, and that, as 17 U. .2. 8. provided by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, no liability shall attach under the Copyright Act for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of this proclamation in connection with the above-described works, or in respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enterprise lawfully undertaken prior to such date involving expenditure or con- tractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, production, reproduction, circulation, or performance of any such work. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be afxed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty- [SEAL] seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-first. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President:RY TRUMAN DEAN ACHESON Acing Secodary of Stte 1058 [61 STAT.

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