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 2738 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. Translation PG/AG LIBERTY. EQUALITY. FRATERNITY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FRENCH REPUBLIC 283 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL CONVENTIONS No. C.A. 1 PARIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Em- bassy of the United States and has the honor to inform it that, effective April 1, 1949, United States citizens may, simply by presenting their national passport during the period of its validity, enter without a visa: (a) Metropolitan France, Andorra, Algeria, Morocco, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guiana, and Reunion, in transit or for stays of from one day to three months. (b) Tunisia, in transit or for stays of from one day to two months. They may leave under the same conditions. United States citizens wishing to spend more than three consecu- tive months in France must, before their departure, request and obtain a visa from the competent French diplomatic or consular authorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be happy to learn that, ef- fective the same date, French citizens wishing to go to the United States for stays of not more than three consecutive months may, if they so desire, receive gratis visas valid for two years and for an unlimited number of trips during that period. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States the assurances of its high consideration. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS March 16, 1949 EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES Paris. The American Embassy to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 387 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compli- ments to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to inform the Ministry that it is in receipt of telegraphic instructions from the Department of State in regard to the new visa arrangement between France and the United States which is to go into effect on April 1, 1949. The instructions state that the government of the United States is appreciative of the concessions made by the Government of France in removing, effective April 1, 1949, the visa but not the passport require- ments for American citizens, wherever they are resident, who are en-

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