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 1774 CHINESE COURT8-INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT. In reply I have the honor to confirm that the Chinese Government agrees to the proposed arrangements as set forth above. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration. HIS EXCELLENCY MR. NELSON T. JOHNSON, American Minister to China. American Legation, Peiping. Lo WEN-KAN. The Foreign Signatories to the Chinese Minister jor Foreign Affairs (Lo) NANKING, 11th February, 1933. SIR, Checking undue de, W·th f t t t' dtdtht Iayincivilprooeedings. 1 re erence 0 our recen conversa IOnS we un ers an a measures are now under contemplation by the Chinese authorities for checking undue delay in civil proceedings, with special reference to matters of appeal and execution of judgment, and that such measures, when adopted, will apply also to the Courts functioning in the International Settlement at Shanghai. We should be grateful for Your Excellency'S confirmation of the above understanding. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of our highest consideration. WILLYS R. PECK CounseUor oj Legation on behalj oj the American Minister PHILIPPE BAUDET in the name oj the French Minister HIS EXCELLENCY DR. Lo WEN-KAN, E. M. B. INGRAM on behalf oj His Majesty's Minister N. AALL Norwegian Charge d'Affaires a.i. THORBECKE Netherlands Minister AF. LOPES DE ALMEIDA, in the name oj the Brazilian J..linister. Minister jor Foreign Affairs, Nanking. The Chinese Minister jor Foreign Affairs (Lo) to the American !linister (Johnson) EXCELLENCY: WAICHIAOPU Nanking, February 12, 1933. c~g:.tirmation by I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Note of yester- day's date which reads as follows: "With reference to our recent conversations we understand that measures are now under contemplation by the Chinese authorities for checking undue delay in civil proceedings, with special reference