No. 2
Her Majesty's Ambassador at Buenos Aires to the Argentine Minister
Foreign Affairs and Worship
Your Excellency,
British Embassy, Buenos Aires, 17 February, 1967. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's Note of today's date, which in translation reads as follows:
“Mr. Ambassador,
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that, with a view to facilitating travel by British subjects proceeding to the Argentine Republic and by Argentine nationals proceeding to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the Argentine Republic are prepared to conclude with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland an Agreement in the following
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1. (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this Note, British subjects holding valid passports bearing on the cover the inscription "British Passport" at the top and at the bottom the inscription "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ог Jersey or
Guernsey and its Dependencies" and inside the description of the holder's national status as "British Subject" or British Subject: Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or "British Subject: Citizen of the United Kingdom, Islands and Colonies shall be free to travel to the Argentine Republic without the necessity of first obtaining a visa on their passports.
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(b) Persons travelling to the Argentine Republic under the terms set out above may remain in the country for a period not exceeding three consecutive months, which may be extended by the competent Argentine authorities for a further period of three months.
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Note, Argentine nationals holding valid Argentine passports shall be free to travel to the United Kingdom, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, without the necessity of first obtaining a visa on their passports.
3. It is understood that the waiver of the visa requirement shall not exempt British subjects proceeding to the Argentine Republic, nor Argentine nationals proceeding to the United Kingdom, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, from the necessity of complying with the respective laws and regulations in force in these territories concerning the entry and residence (temporary or permanent) of foreigners and their participation, whether on a self-employed or salary basis, in gainful activity 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, land or stay in the territory.
4. The competent authorities of the Argentine Republic and of the United Kingdom, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, reserve the right to refuse leave to enter or to stay in their territory
in any case where the person concerned is considered undesirable or otherwise ineligible under the general policy of the respective Governments relating to the entry of stay of foreigners.
5. The following persons shall not come within the scope of this Agreement:
(a) British subjects who are not in possession of passports as
defined in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 above;
(b) Holders of British passports born in Argentine territory; (c) British subjects who at the time of proceeding to the Argentine Republic belong to an excluded category of persons, that is to say, persons resident in a country which has been excluded by the Government of the Argentine Republic, acting in accordance with Decree Law No. 2457 of the 28th of March, 1963, by means of a formal notification to the Government of the United Kingdom.
6. Argentine nationals travelling to territories not referred to in paragraph 2 above for the international relations of which the Government of the United Kingdom are responsible shall also not come within the scope of this Agreement.
7. The Government of the Argentine Republic or the Government of the United Kingdom may temporarily suspend the foregoing provisions in whole or in part for reasons of public policy. In any such case the suspension shall be notified immediately to the other Government through the diplomatic channel.
If the above proposals are acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I have the honour to suggest that the present Note and Your Excellency's reply to that effect should constitute an Agreement between the two Governments in this matter, which shall enter into force thirty days after the date of Your Excellency's Note in reply and be subject to termination by either Government on thirty days' notice given to the other Government in writing.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.
(Signed)
NICANOR COSTA MENDEZ.”
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that the foregoing proposals are acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who therefore agree that your Note, together with the present reply, shall constitute an Agreement between the two Governments in this matter, which shall enter into force thirty days from today and be subject to termination thereafter by either Government on thirty days' notice given in writing to the other.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.
(Signed)
MICHAEL CRESWELL.
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