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 276 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN COMMERCE OFFICE OF THE JURIDICAL DEPARTMENT No. 399/20646 Serial No. 23863 BRUSSELS, July 2, 1937. Mr. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, Belgian Govern- I had the honor to receive the letter No. 965 dated June 26 last, by ment's acknowledg- ment of ratification. which you were good enough to transmit to me the instruments of ratification of the President of the United States of America of the international convention for the unification of certain rules relating to bills of lading, signed at Brussels on August 25, 1924. These instruments were accompanied by the text of the American law relating to the carriage of goods by sea and a memorandum of the Department of State. As the instruments of ratification were deposited with the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Commerce on June 29, 1937, this convention will go into effect with respect to the United States of America on December 29, 1937. I also had the honor to receive your letter No. 969 dated June 29th,l by which you were good enough to transmit to me 25 copies of the text of the American law of April 16, 1936, and of the Memorandum of June 5, 1937. I should be very much obliged to you, Mr. Charge d'Affaires, if you would transmit to me 30 additional copies of these two documents. Please accept, Mr. Charge d'Affaires, the assurance of my most dis- tinguished consideration. For the Minister: Chief of the JuridicalDepartment, DE RUELLE Mr. LouIS SUSSDORFF Junior, Charg6d'Affaires of the United States of America, Brussels. Not printed. TREATIES [Translation]

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