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EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC CONCERNING THE MUTUAL ABOLITION OF VISAS Wellington, 22 November 1947 No. 1 Mr. Peter Fraser to Monsieur Henry Rollet Ministry of External Affairs, Wellington, 22 November 1947. Sir, I have the honour to refer to our various discussions concerning arrangements to permit of freedom of travel between our two countries and to suggest that an agreement in the following terms be concluded for the mutual abolition of visas for travel between New Zealand and France:— " (1) French citizens normally resident in metropolitan France shall be free to travel to New Zealand by any route without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance provided they are furnished with valid French passports. " (2) Holders of valid passports bearing on the cover the inscription 4 British passport: Dominion of New Zealand' and, inside, a description of the holder's national status as ' British subject' shall be free to travel to metropolitan France and Algeria by any route without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance.