2. The present Treaty shall enter into force one month after the day of exchange of ratifications. It shall remain in force for ten years and shall continue in force thereafter until terminated as provided herein.
3. Either Party may, by giving on year's written notice to the other Party, terminate the present Treaty at the end of the initial ten-year period or at any time thereafter.
Conclusion
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have affixed hereunto their seals.
DONE in duplicate, in the English and Greek languages, both equally authentic, at Athens, this third day of August, one thousand nine hundred fifty-one.
WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their resolution of July 21, 1953, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said treaty subject to a reservation as follows:
"Article XII, paragraph 1, shall not extend to professions which, because they involve the performance of functions in a public capacity or in the interest of public health and safety, are state licensed and reserved by statute or constitution exclusively to citizens of the country, and no most-favored-nation clause in the said treaty shall apply to such professions.";
WHEREAS the text of the said reservation was communicated by the Government of the United States of America to the Government of the Kingdom of Greece by a note dated October 22, 1953 and was accepted by the Government of the Kingdom of Greece by a note dated January 18, 1954; [1]
1 Not printed.
WHEREAS the said treaty was ratified by the President of the United States of America on June 24, 1954, in pursuance of the aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate and subject to the said reservation, and was ratified on the part of the Kingdom of Greece;
WHEREAS the respective instruments of ratification, as aforesaid, were exchanged at Athens on September 13, 1954, and a protocol of exchange, in the English and Greek languages, was signed at that place and on that date by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Greece, the said protocol of exchange indicating that the said reservation had been made and accepted;
AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article XXVIII of the said treaty that the treaty shall enter into force one month after the day of exchange of ratifications;
Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the said treaty to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled in good faith on and after October 13, 1954, by the United States of America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof, subject to the said reservation.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-ninth.
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER [SEAL]
By the President:
JOHN FOSTER DULLES
Secretary of State
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy
No. 8450
NOTE VERBALE
The Royal Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the United States Embassy and referring to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation singed in Athens today between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Greece, has the honour to state that it is the understanding of the Greek Government that Article XV of the Treaty in question is not concerned with the resumption of payment on Greek foreign debts but, in accordance with the provisions of that Article, provides for as free transfer of funds between the two countries as may be feasible.
The Royal Ministry would appreciate a confirmation of the concurrence of the United States Governments in this view.
The Royal Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurance of its highest consideration.
ATHENS the, 3d August 1951.
EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
En Ville
The American Embassy to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs
No. 234
THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Embassy of the United States of American presents its compliments to the Royal Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has the honor to refer to the Ministry's note No. 8450 of August 3, 1951, concerning the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Greece, signed at Athens on that day, which note read as follows:
"The Royal Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the United States Embassy and referring to the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed in Athens today between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Greece, has the honour to state that it is the understanding of the Greek Government that Article XV of the Treaty in question is not, concerned with the resumption of payment on Greek foreign debts but, in accordance with the provisions of that Article, provides for as free transfer of funds between the two countries as may be feasible.
"The Royal Ministry would appreciate a confirmation of the concurrence of the United States Government in this view.
"The Royal Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurance of its highest consideration.
"ATHENS, the 3d August 1951."
On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, the
Embassy confirms its concurrence with the contents of the above note.
The Embassy avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Royal
Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs the assurances of its highest esteem.
ATHENS, December 26, 1951.
To the
ROYAL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Athens.
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