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but nonfulfillment of military duty and deser¬ 
tion from a military force or ship are offenses. 
A naturalized American who performed his 
military service or emigrated when he was not 
liable to it and who infracted no laws before 
emigrating may safely return to Sweden. 
According to the treaty between the United 
States and Sweden and Norway a naturalized 
American citizen of Swedish origin, upon re¬ 
newing his residence in Sweden without the 
intent to return to America, shall be held to 
have renounced his American citizenship. The 
intent not to return to America may be held to 
exist when the person so naturalized resides 
more than two years in Sweden. 
IV. STATUS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS 
IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES WITH 
THE GOVERNMENTS OF WHICH 
THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT 
CONCLUDED NATURALIZATION 
TREATIES 
38. While this Government objects to 
the punishment of naturalized Americans 
by fines, forced military service, or im¬ 
prisonment for any unperformed military 
service which accrued after the entry of 
the naturalized citizen into the United 
States, it can give no assurance that any 
objections which it makes will result in a 
remission or release. 
39. This Government cannot properly 
protest against punishment for any in¬ 
fraction of foreign law committed prior 
to the naturalized American’s entry into 
the United States. 
40. Naturalized citizens of the United 
States who come from countries with the 
governments of which the United States 
has not concluded naturalization treaties 
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