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 57 STAT.] CHINA-EXTRATERRITORIAL RIGHTS-JAN. 11, 1943 It is likewise agreed that the nationals of each country, in the terri- tory of the other country, shall have the right at all times to communi- cate with the consular officers of their country. Communications to their consular officers from nationals of each country who are under detention or arrest or in prison or are awaiting trial in the territory of the other country shall be forwarded to such consular officers by the local authorities. ARTICLE VII The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of the Republic of China mutually agree that they will enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a comprehensive modern treaty of friendship, commerce, navigation and consular rights, upon the request of either Government or in any case within six months after the cessation of the hostilities in the war against the common enemies in which they are now engaged. The treaty to be thus negotiated will be based upon the principles of international law and practice as re- flected in modern international procedures and in the modern treaties which the Government of the United States of America and the Gov- ernment of the Republic of China respectively have in recent years con- cluded with other governments. Pending the conclusion of a comprehensive treaty of the character referred to in the preceding paragraph, if any questions affecting the rights in territory of the Republic of China of nationals (including corporations or associations), or of the Government, of the United States of America should arise in future and if these questions are not covered by the present treaty, or by the provisions of existing treaties, conventions, or agreements between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of China not abrogated by or inconsistent with this treaty, such questions shall be discussed by representatives of the two Governments and shall be decided in accordance with generally accepted principles of interna- tional law and with modern international practice. ARTICLE VIII The present treaty shall come into force on the day of the exchange of ratifications. ' The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible. 771 Proposed new treaty. Settlement of ques- tions pending conclu- sion of new treaty. Entry into force.

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