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should, before visiting such countries, 
consider the advisability of inquiring 
of the appropriate authorities thereof 
whether they will be immune from mo¬ 
lestation in such countries under the mili¬ 
tary service or other laws. The Depart¬ 
ment of State does not act as interme¬ 
diary in such inquiries. 
The following information is believed 
to be correct, but is not to be considered 
as official insofar as it relates to the 
laws and regulations of a foreign gov¬ 
ernment : 
40a. ALBANIA. It is understood that the 
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American naturalization of persons of Albanian 
origin will be recognized by the Albanian Gov¬ 
ernment, and that such persons, and the mem¬ 
bers of their families, will be exempt from obli¬ 
gations under Albanian law which are imposed 
on Albanian subjects. 
It is also understood that persons who are 
born in the United States of Albanian parents 
and maintain their habitual residence in the 
United States will be permitted to visit Albania 
temporarily without being held liable for mili¬ 
tary or other national service. 
41. ESTONIA. According to paragraph 20 of 
the Estonian nationality law of October 27, 1922, 
the loss of Estonian nationality is conditional 
on obtaining authorization from the Estonian 
Minister of the Interior. The application for 
authorization to renounce Estonian nationality 
must be accompanied by a certificate showing 
the acquisition of a foreign nationality. Conse¬ 
quently Estonian nationals who have become 
nationals of the United States and have not 
applied for and obtained authorization to re¬ 
nounce their Estonian nationality are consid¬ 
ered under the law of Estonia to be nationals of 
that country. Under paragraph 1 of the Es¬ 
tonian law on military service, all male na¬ 
tionals of Estonia are liable for military service. 
According to paragraph 2 of the Estonian law 
on nationality, children born without the ter¬ 
ritory of Estonia of a father who is an Estonian 
national are held to be Estonian nationals. 
Paragraph 6 of the same law expressly provides 
that no citizen of the Estonian Republic can 
be at one and the same time a citizen of an¬ 
other state. Consequently a person who was 
born in the United States of an Estonian father 
and who therefore acquired both American and 
Estonian nationality at birth is considered by 
the Estonian Government to have but one na¬ 
tionality, namely, Estonian. 
It is understood that the Estonian Govern¬ 
ment, in view of the provisions of the nation¬ 
ality and military service laws of Estonia, is 
not prepared to permit persons who have not 
applied for and obtained authorization to re- 
