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President's Letter to the Senate transmitting the Treaty of Extradition between the US and Canada
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President's Letter to the Senate transmitting the Treaty of Extradition between the US and Canada
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Digitized from Box 2 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 12, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of
the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty
on Extradition between the United States of America and
Canada, signed at Washington on December 3, 1971, as
amended by an exchange of notes of June 28 and July 9, 1974.
The Treaty is one of a current series of extradition
treaties being negotiated by the United States and contains
provisions regarding extradition for the offenses of air-
offenses. craft hijacking, narcotics and conspiracy to commit listed
The Treaty will facilitate the mutual efforts of the
United States and Canada in combating international crime.
In addition, modernization of the extradition relations
between the United States and Canada is especially
important in light of the ease of travel between the two
countries. I recommend that the Senate give early and
favorable consideration to the Treaty as amended and give
its advice and consent to ratification.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 12, 1974
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