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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. movement to American personnel designated by the Government of the United States for entrance into or departure from the territories of France and the French Union. certificate of em- Motor vehicles belonging to American personnel shall have the privilege, upon their entry into France, of being admitted temporarily free of duty, under customs receipts without deposit issued by the French customs administration upon presentation of a certificate of employment signed by a duly authorized official of the American Graves Registration Command, whose name shall previously have been communicated to the French customs administration. FRecruitment of The Government of the United States may recruit and employ French laborers. locally French laborers, provided they are paid in conformance with the tariffs and regulations in force. Foreign laborers. Foreign laborers coming from the American Zone of Occupation in Germany shall be employed only in the territory of metropolitan France. They must have military status; they must wear a uniform and shall be subject to American military discipline as well as to American legislation, according to conditions specified by the agree- ments regulating the sojourn of the American Armed Forces in France. The Government of the United States will assume entire responsibility for these foreign workers and will take in this respect such measures as the French Government will deem indispensable, before their entry into French territory as well as during the course of the period in which they are stationed on said territory. The Government of the United States agrees to assure the payment of salaries, indemnities and costs of social security for the labor it will employ. SECTION IV Final Provisions Effective date; ter- mination. Article 11. - The present agreement, which replaces that of August 29, 1927, [1] shall become effective upon signature. It shall remain in force until the two Contracting Parties terminate it by common consent, but it can be terminated at any time, upon the desire of one of the parties, provided that notice be given to the other party a year in advance. Such termination shall not apply to the use of the ter- rains utilized for permanent cemeteries and memorials, including buildings constructed on said terrains. Done at Paris, in duplicate, in the English and French languages, this first of October 1947. For the Government of the French Republic P. -H. TEITGEN ' [Treaty Series 757.] For the Government of the United States of America JEFFERSON CAFFERY 3770

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