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    "ocrText": "- 2 -\ncourts in Morocco other than United States Consular Courts. In recognition\nof this fact, it has long been understood that Moroccan laws and regula-\ntions are not applicable to Americans unless the assent of the U.S.\nGovernment is first obtained. The French Government has submitted for\nthe United States assent a number of recent decrees promulgating, among\nother things, import licensing restrictions and certain taxes. In giving\nthe assent of the United States to these recent laws and regulations, the\nDepartment of State has recognized that, while they were not strictly\nconsistent with the full extent of our treaty rights, they were temporarily\nnecessitated by post-war economic conditions and were not discriminatory\nagainst Americans in Morocco. The import licensing and foreign exchange\nrestrictions are, in addition, recognized as required by the French under-\ntakings in the Economic Cooperation Agreement with the United States wherein\nthe French Government agreed to take steps to maintain the stability of its\ncurrency. It was for this reason that the United States assented to the\napplication of these regulations to Americans. It was the purpose of the\nthe\nAmendment to, ERP Appropriation Act to cut off aid to France if the regula-\ntions and restrictions to which the United States had assented were con-\ntinued.\nThe French Governnent maintains that the treaty provisions on which\nthe United States relies are obsolete, have ceased to exist, or have been\nsuperseded by later agreements and practices. In December of 1949 when\nthe negotiations regarding the conditions of continuing United States\nassent to import regulations were meeting with difficulties, the French\ntook steps to bring the whole problem before the International Court of\nJustice. However, France and the United States were able to reach an\nagreement"
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