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 2886 TREATY-NAV.A.L ARMAMENT LIMITATION. APRIL 22, 1930. Exchanges of notes. NOTES EXCHANGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN RELATIVE TO THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 19 OF THE LONDON NAVAL TREATY OF 1930 b~cro/~erl~!:; The American Ambassador (Oastle) to the Japanese Minister oj Foreign Min!ster of }'oreign A -R"airs (Shidehara) Aff8lI"S. ';1J , No. 49. EMBASSY OF THE UNITED S'I'ATES OF AMERICA, TOKYO, May 21, 1930. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor, by direction of my Government, to state that it is the understanding of the Government of the United States that the word "category" in Article 19 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 means "category" or "subcategory". The Government of the United States declares that it interprets the Treaty to mean that vessels becomin~ over age in either subcategory "A" or subcategory "B" of the crUIser categories (Article 16) shall be replaceable only in that Subcategory. The American Government will be most happy to have the con- firmation of this understanding from the Japanese Government. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency th(:j assurances of my highest consideration. W. R. CASTLE, JR. HIS EXCELLENCY BARON KIJURO SHIDEHARA, His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs, etc., etc., etc. From lapanese Min· The J, M" ,.{ D • A+r' (Shideha) h A . ister of Foreign Affairs. apa,nese.J . ~n'/,8ter OJ J' Oretgn ';1J atrS ra to t e merwan. (TraDSlation.) Ambassador (Oastle) No. 66(f1 EXCELLENCY: [Translation] DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TOKYO, May 24,1930. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Note, dated May 21, 1930, relative to the interpretation of the term "category" appearing in Article 19 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930. The Im{>erial Government understands the word "category" appearing ill Article 19 of the above-mentioned treaty to mean "category" or "sub-category;" thus, it interprets this treaty in the sense that ships belonging to either sub-category (a) or sub-category (b) of the cruiser category (Article 16) which shall become over age may be replaced only. within that sub-category. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. HIS EXCELLENCY W. R. CASTLE, JR., BARON KIJURO SHIDEHARA,
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[SEAL} Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary oj the United States oj America.