Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 2.djvu/678

 62 STAT.] BRAZIL-MILITARY PERSONNEL Dec. 15, 1947 Feb. 2, 1948 The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Brazilian Minister for ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL No. 21 February 2, 1948 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Ministry's note No. DPo/251/602.(04) dated December 15, 1947, which, in translation, reads as follows: "With reference to the verbal understanding reached in September 1947 with the Ambassador of the United States of America regarding the application, on the part of our two countries, of Paragraph 7 of the Resolution on the Principles Governing the General Regulation and Reduction of Armaments, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 14, 1946, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the United States of Brazil agrees to issue officially, jointly with the United States of America, the fol- lowing declaration: a) Military personnel of the United States of Brazil now stationed in the territory of the United States of America, including those attached to the Joint Brazil-United States Defense Commission in Washington, have been and are so stationed with the full and freely given consent of the Government of the United States of America; b) Military personnel of the United States of America now stationed in the territory of the United States of Brazil, including those attached to the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission in Rio de Janeiro, have been and are so stationed with the full and freely given consent of the Government of Brazil; c) The Governments of the United States of Brazil and the United States of America mutually agree that the aforementioned mili- tary personnel shall continue to be so stationed until such time as the Government of the country in which they are stationed withdraws its consent thereto; d) None of the military personnel of either country, stationed within the territory of the other government, including military person- nel attached to the Joint Brazil-United States Defense Commis- sion and the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission, comprises any combat forces." The above quoted declaration by the Government of the United States of Brazil has been duly noted by the Government of the United States of America which adheres fully to the statements contained therein. Accordingly, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Ministry's note, together with this note in reply, will be considered by 1959 Joint declaration. Brazilian military personnel in U. S . ter- ritory. U. S . military per- sonnel in Brazilian territory.

�