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# 19 U.S.C. § 1353 - Indebtedness of foreign countries, effect on

## Text

Nothing in this part shall be construed to give any authority to cancel or reduce, in any manner, any of the indebtedness of any foreign country to the United States.

(June 12, 1934, ch. 474, § 3, 48 Stat. 944.)