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BILATERAL EXTRADITION TREATIES
Extradition: Continued Application to Kenya of the United States-United Kingdom Treaty of December 22, 1931
Agreement effected by exchange of notes
Dated at Nairobi May 14 and August 19, 1965;
Entered into force August 19, 1965.
The Kenyan Ministry of External Affairs to the American Embassy
EXT. 273/0016
The Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of Kenya presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to refer to the following Agreement of a legal nature which was entered into originally between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, signed at the place and date specified below, and subsequently extended to the territory of Kenya prior to her Independence on 12th December 1963:
Title: Extradition Treaty
Place of Signature: London
Date of Signature: 22nd December 1931
Extension to Kenya [FN1]: By the British Government's Order-in-Council [FN2]
FN1. Applicable to the territory of Kenya June 24, 1935.
FN2. TS 849; 47 Stat. 2122.
The Ministry of External Affairs wishes to state that in the interest of continuity of treaty relations with the United States of America the Government of Kenya is willing to continue the application of the above Agreement to the territory of the Republic of Kenya beyond the two-year period stipulated in Kenya's Declaration to the United Nations Secretary-General on the devolution of pre-Independence treaty rights and obligations on Kenya (a copy enclosed), [FN3] pending the negotiation of a new Agreement on this subject directly between the Government of Kenya and the United States.
FN3. Not printed.
End of Footnote(s).
An affirmative reply from the Government of the United States of America to the Kenya Government's proposals contained in this Note shall be regarded as constituting an Agreement between the two countries.
The Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of Kenya avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest consideration.
NAIROBI.
14th May 1965.
THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Nairobi.
The American Embassy to the Kenyan Ministry of External Affairs
No. 24
The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of Kenya and has the honor to refer to the Ministry of External Affairs' note dated May 14, 1965, which proposes the continued application of the December 22, 1931 extradition treaty.
The Government of the United States confirms that the extradition treaty of December 22, 1931 shall continue in force between the United States and the Republic of Kenya, pending the negotiation of a new agreement on this subject directly between the Government of the United States and the Government of Kenya. Accordingly the note of May 14, 1965, from the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of Kenya and the present note shall constitute an agreement between the two governments on the subject.
The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of Kenya the assurances of its highest consideration.
J R R
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Nairobi, August 19, 1965
16 U.S.T. 1866, 1965 WL 89835 (U.S. Treaty), T.I.A.S. No. 5916
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