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 1952 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. La presente note et la r6ponse qu'y donnera Votre Excellence, au cas oh ces propositions auraient l'agr6ment du Gouvernement des Etats-Unis, constitueront l'accord des deux Gouvernements sur la question./. Veuillez agreer, Monsieur l'Ambassadeur, les assurances de ma tres haute consideration. PARIS, Ie 5fevrier 1948. G BIDAULT Son Excellence, L'Honorable JEFFERSON CAFFERY Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis d'Amerique 4 Paris. P -r9l Translation MR. AMBASSADOR: I have the honor to inform you that the French Government, de- sirous of resolving the difficulties which those of our respective nationals who possess also the nationality of the other country en- counter as a result of their military obligations in our two countries, considers it desirable and opportune to conclude an agreement on the following bases: 1. Nationals of the United States of America who also possess French nationality will be considered as having fulfilled their military obligations in France during the war of 1939-1945 if they have fulfilled the same obligations in the American armed forces and prove the fact by production of an official document from the American authorities. 2. French nationals who also possess American nationality will be considered as having fulfilled their military obligations to the United States during the war of 1939-1945 if they have fulfilled the same obligations in the French armed forces and prove the fact by produc- tion of an official document from the French authorities. 3. Interested persons will be granted a period of two years from the date on which this agreement becomes effective in order that they may regularize their status by the production of the above-mentioned certificate. 4. Each of the two governments will deliver to the nationals of the other government who have voluntarily enrolled in its armed forces during the war of 1939-1945 an official attestation designed to permit them to regularize their status in regard to their country. 5. The conditions under which any service rendered in the national interest during the war of 1939-1945 can be considered military service will be left to the joint estimation of the two governments. A certifi- cate specifying the nature of the service rendered will be delivered to the interested party when the question arises, by the means provided in the preceding articles. 6. The provisions of the present agreement in no way affect the legal position of the interested parties in the matter of nationality.

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