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(2) Holders of valid passports bearing, on the cover, the inscription
"British Passport" and, inside, the indication "British subject' shall be free to travel from any place whatever to the metropolitan territory of the Italian Republic without having previously to obtain an entry visa.
(3) It is understood that exemption from the visa requirement does not relieve British subjects and Italian citizens travelling respectively to Italy and to the United Kingdom from the obligation to comply with the Italian and British laws and regulations concerning the entry, transit, residence (temporary or permanent) of foreigners, or concerning the taking up of employment and the exercise of a profession or of a trade by foreigners, and that those travellers who are not able to prove to the competent authorities that they comply with those laws and regulations may be refused permission to enter or to land.
(4) It is understood that the visa requirement remains in force as regards travel to British colonies and overseas possessions, protectorates or territories under United Kingdom mandate or trusteeship.
2. I have the honour to inform your Excellency that my Government are prepared to put into effect forthwith the measures described above, and that therefore the Italian Government agree with that of your Excellency that the present note and your Excellency's note of 6th December, 1947, in similar terms shall place on record the agreement reached between the two Governments, which shall enter in force on 1st January, 1948.
Please accept, &c.
(Signed)
T. GALLARATI SCOTTI.
LONDON
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