Set forth below are excerpts from Secretary Rogers letter of submittal on each of the pending conventions: POLAND I believe that the signing of this Convention testifies to the welcome improvement in our relations with Poland which has been taking place during the past year. The Convention formalizes the consular rights and privileges agreed upon by representatives of the two countries as a result of negotiations begun in 1964 and pursued intermittently since then. Like bilateral consular conventions already in force with numerous countries. it guarantees early notification of detention of a countrys nationals and access thereto. describes consular functions and responsibilities in such fields as the issuance of visas and passports and the performance of notarial services. and provides for the inviolability of consular communications. documents. and archives. anC for the immunity of consular personnel with regard to legal proceedings in the host country. I believe that this Convention will make possible improved consular services in both countries. It will afford American citizens in Hungary a fuller degree of consular protection than existed previously. particularly by its guarantee of quick and unhindered communication between a citizen and his consul and prompt notification to the consul of any detention or other limitation of the freedom of one of his countrymen.