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 TREATIES March 28, 1940 Convention between the United States of America and Norway respecting IT. I.A. S. 1865] the claims of Hannevig against the United States, and Jones against Norway. Signed at Washington March 28, 1940; ratificationadvised by the Senate of the United States of America April 30, 1948; ratified by the President of the United States of America June 29, 1948; ratifications exchanged at Washington November 9, 1948; proclaimed by the President of the United States of America November 22, 1948; entered into force November 9, 1948. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a convention between the United States of America and Norway providing for the disposition of a claim of the Government of Norway against the Government of the United States of America on behalf of Christoffer Hannevig, a Norwegian subject, and a claim of the Government of the United States of America against the Gov- ernment of Norway on behalf of the late George R. Jones, an Ameri- can citizen, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Wash- ington on March 28, 1940, the original of which convention, in the English language, is word for word as follows: Claim respecting Christoffer Hannevig. Claim respecting George R. Jones Com- pany. Plenipotentiaries. WHEREAS the Government of Norway has made claim against the Government of the United States of America on account of damages alleged to have been sustained by Christoffer Hannevig as the result of acts of the Government of the United States of America, the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, their officers and agents, in relation to certain properties in the United States of America in which he claims to have had an interest, the validity of which claim is denied by the Government of the United States of America. WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America has made claim against the Government of Norway on account of alleged denial of justice by the courts of that country in connection with certain litigation involving the rights and interests of the George R. Jones Company, or the late George R. Jones, the validity of which claim is denied by the Government of Norway. WHEREAS the President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Norway, desirous of reaching an amicable agree- ment for the disposition of such claims and of concluding a conven- tion for that purpose, have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: 1798 [62 STAT.

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