The French Commissaire en Mission to the Acting Secretary of State When in Paris, I informed the French Provisional Government that the proposed Lend-Lease agreements do not change the arrangements now in effect between our two Governments regarding the payment in dollars for francs used for troop pay and other items not furnished as Reciprocal Aid. I am advising you of this merely to complete the record of our mutual understandings on the Lend-Lease arrangements. Yours sincerely, The Honorable JOSEPH C. GREW, Department of State, Washington, D.C. JEAN MONNET The Acting Secretary of State to the French Commissaire en Mission DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON February 28, 1945 MY DEAR MR. MONNET: I am acknowledging your letter of today telling me that you had informed the members of the Provisional Government of the French Republic that the proposed lend-lease agreements do not change the arrangements now in effect between our two governments regarding the payment in dollars for francs used for troop pay and other items not furnished as reciprocal aid. I appreciate this confirmation of the mutual understanding of our governments on this matter. Sincerely yours, The Honorable JEAN MONNET, JOSEPH C. GREW Acting Secretary Commissaire en Mission, Provisional Government of the French Republic, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. VISAS Agreement signed at Paris April 6, 1945 Entered into force April 6, 1945 Replaced April 15, 1946, by agreement of April 5 and 8, 19461 Department of State files The Government of the United States of America, and the Provisional Government of the French Republic, Desirous of facilitating the accomplishment of missions of their nationals made in the common interest Have decided to conclude an agreement and for that purpose have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States of America: His Excellency Mr. Jefferson Caffery, Ambassador of the United States of America to France; The Provisional Government of the French Republic: His Excellency Mr. Georges Bidault, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who, having communicated to one another their full powers found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I Entry visas for the metropolitan territory of each of the two countries, for French and American citizens, will be granted immediately by the diplomatic and consular authorities of the two countries, without reference to Paris or to Washington, in favor of bearers a) of diplomatic passports, b) of special passports of the United States and of French service passports. ARTICLE II Entry visas for the metropolitan territory of each of the two countries for French and American citizens will likewise be granted immediately and without being referred to Paris or to Washington, by the diplomatic and consular authorities of the two countries, to bearers of ordinary passports, whether or not government officials or employees, when the latter present 1 Post, p. 1122. a letter from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or the Department of State reading as follows: "Mr. . . ., (Name, Christian names, address, etc.) holder of ordinary passport No. is authorized to proceed to France (the United States) in the discharge of a task of national importance to France and the United States." In France, the latter document may be replaced by an order of mission or a ministerial authorization. ARTICLE III The special procedure provided under Articles 1 and 2 shall be extended to persons of the categories mentioned in these articles if, being citizens of France, they are in London and desire to proceed to the United States, or if, being American citizens, they are in London and desire to proceed to France. In the first case, the visa will be issued immediately by the Embassy of the United States in London upon presentation of the French diplomatic or service passport. For bearers of ordinary French passports presenting the letter the text of which appears under Article 2, the American visa will be issued immediately by the Embassy of the United States in London if the interested parties have resided three years in England. If the period of residence is under three years, a decision with respect to the American visa will be taken within a maximum delay of ten days. In the second case, the French visa will be issued by the French Embassy in London to bearers of American diplomatic, special and ordinary passports under the same conditions as those provided in the preceding paragraph for bearers of the different categories of French passports. ARTICLE IV The letter the text of which appears under Article 2 and which is mentioned in Article 3, will be issued in London by the qualified Embassy acting in behalf of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs or the Department of State. ARTICLE V The present agreement will become effective upon signature and will remain in force until its denunciation by one or the other of contracting parties. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the above-mentioned plenipotentiaries have signed the present agreement and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Paris, on the sixth of April 1945, in duplicate, in the French and English languages, both texts having equal force. I have the honor to refer to the conversations which have taken place between representatives of the Government of the United States of America and representatives of the Provisional Government of the French Republic in regard to the exchange of official publications, and to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America agrees that there shall be an exchange of official publications between the two Governments, in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Each of the two Governments shall furnish regularly a copy of each of the official publications of its various departments, agencies, offices, divisions, and institutions, in accordance with a list which it shall communicate to the other Government through diplomatic channels, the two lists having been agreed upon after consultation between the two Governments. The list of each Government may be revised from time to time and may be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any other official publication of such Government not specified in the list, or publications of new offices which such Government may create in the future. 2. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the United States of America shall be the Smithsonian Institution. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the French Republic shall be the Direction des Bibliothèques de France, 53 rue Saint-Dominique, Paris. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress and on behalf of the French Republic by the Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, Paris. 4. The present agreement does not obligate either of the two Governments to furnish blank forms, circulars which are not of a public character, or confidential publications. 5. Each of the two Governments shall bear the postal, rail and shipping costs and other charges arising in its own country in connection with the sending of publications under the present agreement. 6. The present agreement shall not be considered as a modification of any existing exchange agreement between a department or agency of one of the Governments and a department or agency of the other Government. Upon the receipt of a note from Your Excellency indicating that the foregoing provisions are acceptable to the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United States of America will consider the agreement to be concluded and in effect beginning January 1st, 1946. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. JEFFERSON CAFFERY I have the honor to refer to the conversations which were held on the subject of the exchange of official publications between the representatives of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, on the one hand, and the representatives of the Government of the United States of America, on the other hand, and to inform Your Excellency that the Provisional Government of the French Republic agrees to proceed to an exchange of official publications between the two Governments, in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Each of the two Governments shall furnish regularly one copy of all the publications of its various departments and of the agencies, offices and official institutes, according to a list which it will communicate to the other Government through the diplomatic channels, the two Governments having previously consulted each other and agreed upon the matter of the two lists. The list drawn up by each Government may be revised at any time and added to, without the necessity of entering into new negotiations, with a view to |