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 [55 STAT. Ratification. This treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties and Effective date. shall become effective on the date of the exchange of the instru- ments of ratification, which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. In witness whereof, the above- named Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty and have here- unto affixed their seals. Done at Berne, in duplicate, in the English and French languages, the 31st day of January 1940. Le present traite sera ratifi6 par les Hautes Parties contractantes et entrera en vigueur a la date de l'6change des instruments de ratification, qui aura lieu A Wash- ington aussit6t que faire se pourra. En foi de quoi, les Plnipoten- tiaires susnommes ont signe le pr6sent trait6 et y ont appose leurs sceaux. Fait ABerne, en double expedi- tion, en langues anglaise et fran- caise, le 31 janvier 1940. [SEAL] LELAND HARRISON [SEAL] J. BAUMANN AND WHEREAS, the said Supplementary Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged at the city of Washington on the eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Supplementary Treaty to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 1142 TREATIES

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