If such agreement in the case of any installation is not reached within a reasonable time after the end of the present emergency, as determined by the President of the United States of America, the Government of the United States may withdraw that installation, or the parts thereof which it shall have contributed, whether located on private or on public land, doing no unnecessary damage in the process, and leaving the land involved in a safe condition. 2. The other obligations of our two Governments in respect of mutual aid will be satisfied in accordance with the provisions of the agreement signed this day. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. CORDELL HULL Secretary of State of the United States of America His Excellency YILMA DERESsa, SIR: Vice-Minister of Finance of Ethiopia, The Ethiopian Vice Minister of Finance to the Secretary of State WASHINGTON I have the honor to refer to the conversations that have occurred between the representatives of our two Governments in connection with the agreement signed at Washington on this day, between the Government of Ethiopia and the Government of the United States of America on the principles applying to aid under the Act of March 11, 1941, and to set forth my understanding of the accord reached with particular reference to Articles V and VII of the agreement as follows: 1. It is agreed that if substantial amounts of materials or assistance furnished or to be furnished under the Act of March 11, 1941 or otherwise, by any Agency of the United States Government without current payment by the Government of Ethiopia have been or shall be employed by either of our two Governments, during the present war, in the construction of any installations on Ethiopian territory, the disposition of such installations remaining on Ethiopian territory after the present war shall be governed by an agreement or agreements to which both our Governments shall be parties. Such agreement or agreements shall make appropriate provision for the future ownership and operation of the installation or installations in question, and for the payments or other benefits to be received by the Government of the United States on account of its contribution to their cost. The governing purpose of such agreement or agreements shall be to carry out in practice, in whatever way may then appear to be the most effective, the principles of the Joint Declaration of August 14, 1941, known as the Atlantic Charter, and in particular point Fourth thereof relating to the enjoyment by all States of access on equal terms to the trade and to the raw materials of the world. If such agreement in the case of any installation is not reached within a reasonable time after the end of the present emergency, as determined by the President of the United States of America, the Government of the United States may withdraw that installation, or the parts thereof which it shall have contributed, whether located on private or on public land, doing no unnecessary damage in the process, and leaving the land involved in a safe condition. 2. The other obligations of our two Governments in respect of mutual aid will be satisfied in accordance with the provisions of the agreement signed this day. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. Y. DERESSA Vice-Minister of Finance of Ethiopia The Honorable CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. GIFT OF FOREIGN SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT Exchange of notes at Addis Ababa and Washington August 24 and Entered into force November 28, 1944 Department of State Bulletin, The Emperor of Ethiopia to the President of the United States GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND: THE IMPERIAL PALACE ADDIS ABABA, 24th August, 1944 It gives us great pleasure to give over to you as Chief of the great and friendly Power, the United States of America, in fee absolute and in full and complete title and possession, the realty and premises, together with all appurtenances thereto and furnishings and moveables located thereon, on which is situated at Addis Ababa the Legation of the United States of America, together with certain additional realty specified in an attached document and deemed to be necessary and proper in order to provide an appropriate residence for the diplomatic representative of a Power so highly esteemed as is the Nation of which you are the Chief. In giving over this property, it is Our pleasure to be giving personally to you and through you to the American Nation, ancestral property of the Royal Family. May the measure of Our particular attachment to it serve to indicate in a small way, the measure of Our attachment and the attachment of Our people, to that great Power which has ever stood by Us and Our Nation in the hour of need, and to its esteemed Chief, the President of the United States of America. Your good Friend, HAILE SELASSIE I, K. of K. The President of the United States to the Emperor of Ethiopia GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND: NOVEMBER 28, 1944 I have received with very great appreciation your generous letter of August 24, 1944, in which Your Majesty has graciously conveyed to the United States of America absolute title and possession of property situated in Addis Ababa, together with all appurtenances, furnishings, and valuables located thereon, and certain additional realty deemed to be necessary and appropriate to the representation of the United States in Ethiopia. In the name of the United States I accept these gifts in the same cordial spirit of friendship in which they have been offered, and I welcome this added testimonial of the attachment that so happily binds our two peoples together in bonds of permanent understanding and mutual respect. Your Good Friend, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SPECIAL TARIFF POSITION OF PHILIPPINES Exchange of notes at Washington May 4 and July 4, 1946 Became obsolete upon entry into force of treaty of amity and economic 61 Stat. 2444; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1572 The Acting Secretary of State to the Ethiopian Chargé d'Affaires ad interim DEPARTMENT OF STATE SIR: WASHINGTON With reference to the forthcoming independence of the Philippines on July 4, 1946, my Government considers that provision for a transitional period for dealing with the special tariff position which Philippine products have occupied for many years in the United States is an essential accompaniment to Philippine independence. Accordingly, under the Philippine Trade Act approved April 30, 1946,2 goods the growth, produce or manufacture of the Philippines will enter the United States free of duty until 1954, after which they will be subject to gradually and regularly increasing rates of duty or decreasing duty-free quotas until 1974 when general rates will become applicable and all preferences will be completely eliminated. Since the enactment of the Philippine Independence Act approved March 24, 1934,3 my Government has foreseen the probable necessity of providing for such a transitional period and has since then consistently excepted from most-favored-nation obligations which it has undertaken toward foreign governments advantages which it might continue to accord to Philippine products after the proclamation of Philippine independence. Some thirty instruments in force with other governments, for example, permit the continuation of the exceptional tariff treatment now accorded by my Government to Philippine products, irrespective of the forthcoming change in the Commonwealth's political status. 14 UST 2134; TIAS 2864. 60 Stat. 141. 48 Stat. 456. |