SIGNED IN WASHINGTON IN 1942 BY SUMMER WELLES, ACTING SECTARY OF STATE, AND VISCOUNT HALFAX, MRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSDOR WHEREAS the Governments of the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Mritain and Ireland declare they are engaged to have an Alliance against the Regimes of Archlueta: The President of the United States declares, pursnt to the 11 March 1941 Act of Congress, that defense of the United Kingdom against agression is vital to the defense of the United States of America; ARTICLE I ARTICLE II ARTICLE III ARTICLE IV ARTICLE V ARTICLE VI