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 1696 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. of the Agreement, and of the date on which it comes into force for each accepting State. [3] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, having been duly authorized, sign this Agreement on behalf of their respective governments on the dates appearing opposite their respective signatures. DONE at Chicago the seventh day of December, 1944, in the English language.[ 4] A text drawn up in the English, French, and Spanish languages, each of which shall be of equal authenticity, shall be opened for signature at Washington, D.C. Both texts shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America, and certified copies shall be transmitted by that Government to the gov- ernments of all the States which may sign and accept this Agreement. ' [Notes of acceptance have been received by the Department of State from the following countries: Afghanistan, on May 17, 1945; Australia, on Aug. 28, 1945; Belgium, on July 19, 1945; Canada, on Feb. 10, 1945; Czechoslovakia, on Apr. 18, 1945; El Salvador, on June 1, 1945; Ethiopia, on Mar. 22, 1945; Greece, on Sept. 21, 1945; Honduras, on Nov. 13, 1945; India, on May 2, 1945, with the reservation that "In signifying their acceptance of these agreements, the Government of India wish me to point out that they do not regard Denmark or Thailand as being parties thereto, or themselves as being in treaty relations with either of these countries as a result of these agreements, since the Danish and Thai ministers in Washington who signed the final act and agreements did not repre- sent the Governments in their own countries, and their signatures are regarded as having been given in their personal capacity only"; Iraq, on June 15, 1945; Liberia, on Mar. 19, 1945; Netherlands, on Jan. 12, 1945; New Zealand, on Apr. 19,1945, with the reservation that "The Minister isinstructed to add that the New Zealand Government does not regard Denmark or Thailand as being parties to the Agreements mentioned and does not regard itself as being in treaty relation with either of those countries with reference to these Agreements"; Norway, on Jan. 30, 1945; Paraguay, on July 27, 1945; Poland, on Apr. 6, 1945; Spain, on July 30, 1945; Sweden, on Nov. 19, 1945; Switzerland, on July 6, 1945; Turkey, on June 6, 1945; Union of South Africa, on Nov. 30, 1945; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on May 31, 1945, with the reservation that "In signifying their acceptance of the said Agreement, the Government of the United Kingdom desire to make it clear that they neither regard the Govern- ments of Denmark and Siam as being parties thereto nor consider the United Kingdom as being in treaty relations with either of those countries in respect of the Agreement"; the United States of America, on February 8, 1945, with the understanding that "These acceptances by the Government of the United States of America are given with the understanding that the provisions of Article II, Section 2, of the International Air Services Transit Agreement . . . shall become operative as to the United States of America at such time as the Con- vention on International Civil Aviation, signed at the International Civil Aviation Conference, shall be ratified by the United States of America".] 4 [The present publication was printed from a lithographed certified copy of the signed original, prepared by the Department of State under date of Jan. 22, 1945. Signatures affixed to the original document subsequent to that date do not appear herein, but the dates of those signatures have beenindicated in footnotes.]

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