EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF LUXEMBOURG FOR THE RECIPROCAL ABOLITION OF VISAS ON BRITISH AND LUXEMBOURG PASSPORTS
London, 14th February, 1947
No. 1
Mr. Ernest Bevin to Monsieur André Clasen
Your Excellency,
Foreign Office, 14th February, 1947 I HAVE the honour to inform your Excellency that, as a first step towards the eventuál restoration of freedom of travel to Luxembourg and to British territories, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are prepared to conclude with the Governinent of Luxembourg an agreement in the following terms:
(1) Luxembourg subjects shall be free to travel from any place whatever to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance provided that they are furnished with valid Luxembourg passports. (2) Holders of valid passports bearing, on the cover, the inscription "British Passport" and, inside, the description of the holder's national status as British subject" shall be free to travel from any place whatever to Luxembourg without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance. (3) It is understood that the waiver of the visa requirement does not exempt Luxembourg and British subjects coming respectively to the United Kingdom and to Luxembourg from the necessity of complying with the British and the Luxembourg laws and regu- lations concerning the entry, residence (temporary or permanent) and employment or occupation of foreigners, and that travellers who are unable to satisfy the immigration authorities that they comply with these laws and regulations are liable to be refused leave to enter or land.
(4) As regards travel to British colonies and overseas territories, pro- tectorates or territories under mandate or trusteeship, it is under- stood that visas will continue to be required.
If the Luxembourg Government are prepared to accept the foregoing provisions, I have the honour to suggest that the present note and your Excellency's reply in similar terms should be regarded as placing on record the agreement between the two Governments, which shall take effect on 15th February, 1947.
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I have, &c.
ERNEST BEVIN.
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