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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. The Secretary of State to the Czechoslovak Charge d'Affaires ad interim DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON October 21, 1943 SIR: Acknowledgment is made of the receipt of the Embassy's note no. 5944/43 of September 29, 1943 stating that your Government desires to enter into the agreement, as proposed in the Department's notes of April 3, 1942 and September 29, 1943, concerning the services of nationals of one country in the armed forces of the other country. The note under acknowledgment states that your Government agrees to the stipulations enumerated in paragraphs lettered (a), (b), and (c) of the Department's note of April 3, 1942. I take pleasure in informing you that this Government considers the agreement with your Government as having become effective on Effective date. September 29, 1943, the date on which the note under acknowledg- ment was received in the Department. The appropriate authorities of the United States Government have been informed accordingly, and I may assure you that this Government v ill carry out the agree- ment in the spirit of full cooperation with your Government. It is suggested that all the details incident to carrying out this agreement be discussed directly by officials of the Embassy with the appropriate officers of the War Department and of the Selective Service System. Lieutenant Colonel V. L . Sailor, of the Recruiting and Induction Section, Adjutant General's Office, War Department, and Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Parker, of the Selective Service System, will be available to discuss questions relating to the exercise of the option prior to induction. The Inter-Allied Personnel Board of the War Department, which is headed by Major General Guy V. Henry, is the agency with which questions relating to the discharge of non- declarant nationals of Czechoslovakia, serving in the Army of the United States and desiring to transfer to the Czechoslovak forces, may be discussed. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. For the Secretary of State: G. HOWLAND SHAW Dr. KAREL CERVENKA, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Czechoslovakia. 1074