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, : , STAT.] AUSTRALIA-ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE-SEPT. 6, 19-10 considered as an integral part of the present Treaty and shall be observed and fulfilled by the two Governments as if they were liter- ally herein embodied. ARTICLE IV The present Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof and by His Majesty in respect of the Commonwealth of Aus- tralia. It shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifica- Efective date. tions which shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. It shall continue in force for a period of five years; and it shall thereafter Duration. remain in force until twelve months after one of the High Contracting Parties has given notice to the other of an intention to terminate it. On the termination of the present Treaty in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the said Treaty of September 15, 1914, shall in respect of the Commonwealth of Australia cease to have effect. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and have affixed their seals thereto. Done in duplicate at the City of Washington this sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty. CORDEUL HULL [SEAL] R G CASEY [SEAL] AND WHEREAS the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the thirteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-one; Now, TIEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi- dent of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof lay 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 twenty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] forty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 1213

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