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The Brazilian Ministerfor Foreign Affairs to Her Majesty's Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro
[Translation[1]—Traduction[2]]
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Your Excellency,
With reference to the Exchange of Notes effected on the 1st of October, 1953, between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Her Britannic Majesty's Embassy, concerning the settlement of Brazilian commercial arrears due to the United Kingdom, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the Brazilian Government is in agreement that paragraphs IV and VI and the third sentence of paragraph III of the said Notes shall cease to have effect as from to-day's date.
2. This Note and that of your Excellency, of the same date and of identical tenor, constitute a formal Agreement between our two Governments in the matter.
I avail, &c.
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Her Majesty's Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro to the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs
BRITISH EMBASSY
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to the discussions which have taken place between representatives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of Brazil (hereinafter referred to as the Government of Brazil) on the question of Brazilian commercial arrears with the United Kingdom.