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n ounce their Estonian nationality to \ isit 
Estonia without being required to perform mili¬ 
tary service or other acts of allegiance. This 
is understood to apply to persons born in 
Estonia and naturalized in the United States 
and to persons born in the United States of 
Estonian parents. It is understood that, in 
practice, persons who have presented an ap¬ 
propriate certificate, required under Estonian 
law to prove their nationality in a foreign 
country, have experienced no difficulty m it- 
nouncing their Estonian nationality. 
41a. FINLAND. The Finnish “ Law Regard¬ 
ing the Loss of Finnish Citizenship” of June 
17,1927, provides for the loss, in certain circum¬ 
stances, of the Finnish citizenship of Finnish 
citizens born outside of Finland, and of Finnish 
citizens born in Finland who become citizens of 
other countries. 
With respect to Finnish citizens born outside 
of Finland, article 2 of the law cited provides, 
among other things, as follows: 
A Finnish citizen who was born outside of 
Finland and has never had his domicile in 
Finland and has not been in the active militar y 
service of Finland as a conscript and has not 
attended a Finnish or Swedish educational in¬ 
stitution in Finland for at least two years, loses 
his Finnish citizenship at the age of 22 years, 
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unless the President of the Republic, upon 
petition, makes a decision to the contrary. 
The Department understands that a person who 
loses his Finnish citizenship in this manner is 
not, during a subsequent stay in Finland, held 
liable for military service or any other obliga¬ 
tion of citizenship. 
With respect to Finnish citizens born in 
Finland, who acquire the citizenship of another 
country through naturalization, article 1 of the 
law cited provides as follows: 
A Finnish citizen who becomes a citizen of 
another country loses his Finnish citizenship if 
his domicile is outside of Finland or if he 
resides abroad. 
However, a male citizen of Finland, whose 
age is between 17 and 28 years and who has 
not fulfilled as a conscript his active military 
service, and who has not been legally exempted 
from military service, may lose his Finnish 
citizenship only by means of a special decree of 
the President of the Republic. 
It may be added, in this connection, that the 
Department is informed that the laws of Fin¬ 
land contain no provisions for the renunciation 
of acquired foreign citizenship through the 
mere act of returning to and residing in 
Finland. 
42. FRANCE. The Department of State has 
been advised by the French Government that 
American citizens of French origin who visit 
France and who, under French military service 
