Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 57 Part 2.djvu/574

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1210 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. EN FOI DE QUOI, le present Proces-Verbal a ete dress6 et sign6 en deux originaux. Le Ministre des Le President du Conseil des Ministres, des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres, ALEXANDER KIRK. M. NAHAS [Translation] MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS No. - PROCES-VERBAL OF THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND EGYPT, RELATIVE TO IMMUNITY FROM PENAL JURISDICTION OF MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FORCES IN EGYPT. In the year nineteen hundred forty-three and on the second day of March, at Cairo, there met at the residence of His Excellency Mustapha El Nahas Pasha: His Excellency Alexander Kirk, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America in Egypt, represent- ing his Government, assisted by Mr. J. E . Jacobs, Counselor of the Legation; His Excellency Mustapha El Nahas Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, representing the Egyptian Government, assisted by His Excellency Mohammed Sharara Pasha, Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Awad El Bahraoui Bey, Minister Plenipotentiary, in charge of the Political and Economic Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of proceeding to the exchange of notes relative to immunity from penal jurisdiction of members of the American Forces in Egypt. After His Excellency the Minister of the United States stated that his Government had officially authorized him to conclude an agreement with the Egyptian Government on this subject, His Excellency Mus- tapha El Nahas Pasha handed to him the note signifying the accord of the Egyptian Government with respect to granting the said immunity. Having taken cognizance of this note, His Excellency the Minister of the United States handed to His Excellency a note stating that he had learned of the Egyptian Government's decision and indicating the agreement of his Government with the provisions contained in the Egyptian Government's note. The Minister of the United States then handed to His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt a note concerning the settle- ment of claims arising from acts committed by members of the Forces of the United States of America.