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 TREATIES Treaty and an accompanying exchange of notes between the United January 11,1943 States of America and China respecting the relinquishment of extra- [T S. 984] territorialrights in China and the regulation of related matters. Signed at Washington January 11, 1943; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States February 11, 1943; ratified by the Presidentof the United States May 4, 1943; ratified by ChinaFeb- ruary4, 1943; ratificationsexchanged at Washington May 20, 1943; proclaimed by the Presidentof the United States May 24, 1943. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHnERAS a treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China for the relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in China and the regulation of related matters, and an accompanying ex- change of notes concerning matters related to extraterritorial rights in China, were concluded and signed by the duly authorized pleni- potentiaries of the two countries at Washington on the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred forty-three, the original of which treaty in the English and Chinese languages, the originals of the note signed in the English and Chinese languages by the pleni- potentiary of the Republic of China, and a certified copy of the note in the English language signed, and a duplicate original thereof in the Chinese language sealed, by the plenipotentiary of the United States of America, are word for word as follows: TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE RELINQUISHMENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS IN CHINA AND THE REGULA- TION OF RELATED MATTERS The United States of America and the Republic of China, desirous of emphasizing the friendly relations which have long prevailed be- tween their two peoples and of manifesting their common desire as equal and sovereign States that the high principles in the regulation of human affairs to which they are committed shall be made broadly effective, have resolved to conclude a treaty for the purpose of adjust- ing certain matters in the relations of the two countries, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: 767

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