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 TREATIES April 2, 1940 [T. S. 966] Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of South Africa amending in their application to the Union of South Africa certain provisions of the treaty for the advancement of peace between the United States of America and Great Britain signed September 15, 1914. Signed at Washington April 2, 1940; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States November 26, 1940; ratified by the President of the United States December 20, 1940; ratified by His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the Union of South Africa October 18, 1940; ratifications exchanged at Washington March 11, 1941; proclaimed by the President of the United States March 18, 1941. BY THE PREIDENTr OF THE UNITEr STATES OF AMERIOA A PROCLAMATION WHERmAS a Treaty between the President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, acting for the Union of South Africa, amending in their application to the Union of South Africa certain provisions of the Treaty for the Advancement of Peace between the President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, signed at Washington on the fifteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen,"' was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty, the original of which Treaty is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, acting for the Union of South Africa, being desirous, in view of the present constitutional position and in- ternational status of the Union of South Africa as an independent State, to amend in their application to the Union of South Africa certain provisions of the Treaty for the Advancement of Peace between the President of the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, signed at ' [Treaty Series 802; 38 Stat. 1853 .] [55 STAT.

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