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(a) Whenever permission is granted to the subject of a third Power to build a railway, or to make a loan with a third Power for the purpose of building a railway in South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia.

(a) Whenever permission is granted to the subject of a third Power to build a railway, or to make an international loan for the purpose of building a railway in the States of Oregon and Washington, and in Alaska.

(b) Whenever a loan is to be made with a third Power pledging the local taxes of South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia as security.

(b) Whenever a loan is to be issued for international subscription pledging the local taxes of the States of Oregon and Washington, or Alaska, as security.

6. The Chinese Government agrees that if the Chinese Government employs political, ﬁnancial or military advisers or instructors in South Manchuria or Eastern Inner Mongolia, the Japanese Government shall ﬁrst be consulted.

6. The American Government agrees that if the American Government employs political, ﬁnancial or military advisers or instructors in Oregon, Washington, or Alaska, the Japanese Government shall ﬁrst be consulted.

7. The Chinese Government agrees that control and management of the Kirin-Changchun Railway shall be handed over to the Japanese Government for a term of 99 years dating from the signing of this Agreement.

7. The American Government agrees that control and management of the Oregon Short Line Railway shall be handed over to the Japanese Government for a term of 99 years dating from the signing of this Agreement.

The Japanese Government and the Chinese Government, seeing that Japanese ﬁnanciers and the Hanyehping Company have close relations with each other at present and desiring that the common interests of the two nations shall be advanced, agree to the following articles: The Japanese Government and the American Government, seeing that Japanese ﬁnanciers and the United States Steel Corporation and its associated industries have close relations with each other at present and desiring that the common interests of the two nations shall be advanced, agree to the following articles: