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740.0011 EW/2–1245

The Peruvian Embassy to the Department of State

Memorandum

In compliance with the request made in the Memorandum of the Department of State, dated February 12th, 1945,20 the Peruvian Embassy considers that the terms “state of effective belligerency” are equivalent to the expression “at war” as contained in the Declaration by the United Nations.

Washington , February 12, 1945.
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