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 55 STAT.] AUSTRALIA-ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE-SEPT. 6, 1940 Treaty between the United States of America and Australia amending September 6, 1940 in their applicationto Australia certain provisions of the treaty for the [T. S.974 advancement of peace between the United States of America and Great Britainsigned September 15, 1914. Signed at Washington September 6, 1940; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States Novem- ber 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 Australia, March 21, 1941; ratifications exchanged at Washington August 13, 1941; proclaimed by the President of the United States August 21, 1941. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS 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, in respect of the Commonwealth of Australia, amending in their application to the Commonwealth of Australia 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, [ 1] was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the sixth day of September, 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, in respect of the Commonwealth of Aus- tralia, being desirous, in view of the present constitutional position and international status of Australia, to amend in their application to the Commonwealth of Australia 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, September 15, 1914, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America: Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and [Treaty Series 602; 38 Stat. 1853.] 1211

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