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 54 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-COTTON AND RUBBER-JUNE 23, 1939 EXCHANGE OF NOTES The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Halifax) to the Amevrican Ambassador (Kennedy) No. A 5285/26/45. FoREIGN OMFFCE, S. W. 1. 25th. August, 1939. YOUR EXCELLENCY, In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Agreement Ae, p. 141. between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America regarding the exchange of cotton and rubber, I have the honour to propose that the Agreement shall come into force on the 25th August 1939. 2. If this proposal is acceptable to the United States Government, I have the honour to suggest that the present note and Your Excel- lency's reply to that effect be regarded as placing on record the Agree- ment between the two governments in this matter. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Your Excellency's obedient Servant, HAFrAX His Excellency The Honourable JOSEPR P. KENNEDY, etc., etc., etc. The American Ambassador (Kennedy) to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Halifax) No. 1152 EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA London, August 25, 1939. My LorD: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note of to-day's date, in which you propose, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Agreement between our two Govern- ments regarding the exchange of cotton and rubber signed on June 23, 1939, that it shall come into force on August 25, 1939, and further suggest that Your Excellency's note and my reply thereto shall be regarded as placing on record the agreement between our Govern- ments in this matter. In reply I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the proposal that the Agreement concerning the exchange of cotton and 198470--41-Pr. --- 12 1415

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