Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1942, General; the British Commonwealth; the Far East, Volume I

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Press Release Issued by the Department of State, April 29, 1942

April 29, 1942

Extradition Treaty Between the United States and Canada

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and the Canadian Minister, Mr. Loighton McCarthy, signed an extradition treaty between the United States and Canada on April 29, 1942.

The extradition treaty entered into by the United States and Great Britain in 1931²¹ does not apply to Canada and provisions in regard to extradition in several treaties and conventions concluded between the United States and Great Britain from 1842 to 1905 which were superseded in the relations between the United States and Great Britain by the treaty of 1931 have continued to apply between the United States and Canada. The provisions in these older treaties and conventions will be superseded by the new treaty in the relations between the United States and Canada when it is brought into force by ratification by the two countries and exchange of ratifications.

21. Foreign Relations, 1931, vol. ii, p. 353.