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 52 STAT.] CHILE-COMMERCIAL RELATIONS- Ja. 6193 1485 las disposiciones del parrafo 7, continuarh en efecto provisional hasta despues de un afio, cualesquiera que sea la fecha que ocurra primero. - Ademas manifiesta V. S. que si el Acuerdo no ha entrado definitiva- mente en vigor despues de expirado un afio a contar del 1° de Febrero de 1938, 6ste podrs, dentro de la discreci6n de ambos Gobiernos, ser nuevamente firmado, y, por este medio, continuar en vigencia pro- visional.- En respuesta, tengo el honor de expresar a V. S. mi conformidad con los terminos de la Nota de V. S. que contesto. J. RAM6N GUTIERREZ Al Honorable Sefior Don WESLEY FROST, Encargadode Negocios de los E. U. de America Presente. [Translation] REPUBLIC OF CHILE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 1, 1938. MR. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES: I acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's note No. 632, dated today, in which Your Excellency states that as the result of the recent conversations between the Government of Chile and the Government of the United States of America, you understand that the provisional commercial agreement between our two Governments, effected by exchange of notes signed on January 6, 1938, will definitively go into force 30 days after the date on which it is ratified by the Chilean Con- gress. Your Excellency adds that while the ratification by the Chilean Congress is pending, the agreement will provisionally go into force on February 1, 1938, and that, unless it is terminated under the provisions of paragraph 7, it will continue to be in provisional effect until after the expiration of 1 year, whichever date occurs first. Your Excellency also states that if the agreement has not definitively gone into force after the expiration of 1 year from February 1, 1938, it may, within the discretion of both Governments, be signed again, and by this means be continued in provisional effect. In response, I have the honor to express to Your Excellency my agreement with the terms of Your Excellency's note to which I am replying. J. RAM6N GUTIERREZ To the Honorable Mr. WESLEY FROST, Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America, City.

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