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shall, during the time of joint military operations, carry out the following measures in order to facili- tate co-operation: —

I. The two contracting parties shall each appoint officers to the organs directing the military operations in order to keep open the means of communication.

II. In order to facilitate the military operations and the transportation of supplies, the two contract- ing parties shall mutually assist each other in the transmission of naval and military communications.

III. In connection with constructions necessary to the operation of war, such as railways, telegraphs and telephones, etc., they shall be temporarily agreed upon by the commander-in-chief of both parties until the end of the war, when all such works should be removed.

IV. Arms and military necessities and their raw materials needed for the joint defence are to be provided to each other in such quantities as not to interfere with those needed by their own respective countries.

Article 8. When the time comes to use the Chinese Eastern Railway for transporting purposes the original treaties shall be observed in the directing or controlling of this line. The method of transportation shall be decided as occasion requires.

Article 9. The detailed stipulations governing the enforcement of this Pact shall be mutually decided upon by delegates appointed by the military authori- ties of the two contracting parties.

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