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 TREATIES Ante, p. 922. Ante, pp.949,951. Ante, p. 940. AND WHEREAS the said Protocol dated August 31, 1944 was duly ratified by the President of the United States of America on March 9, 1945, and the instrument of ratification on the part of the Government of the United States of America (including the Commonwealth of the Philippines) was duly deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the said International Agreement Regarding the Regulation of Pro- duction and Marketing of Sugar and the protocol annexed thereto signed in London on May 6, 1937, and the said Protocol dated July 22, 1942, and the said Protocol dated August 31, 1944, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America (including the Commonwealth of the Philippines), and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the juris- diction thereof, and I do hereby proclaim and make public that the aforesaid Agreement of May 6, 1937 shall be regarded as having come into force on September 1, 1937, in conformity to the said Protocol dated July 22, 1942, in respect of the obligations of the United States of America (including the Commonwealth of the Philippines) there- under, and as having continued in force in respect of such obligations for five years from that date in conformity to the provision of Article 50 (a) of the said Agreement, namely, until August 31, 1942, and as having been prolonged in force in respect of such obligations after August 31, 1942, for a period of two years, in conformity to the said Protocol dated July 22, 1942, and as having been further prolonged in force in respect of such obligations after August 31, 1944, for a period of one year, in conformity to the said Protocol dated August 31, 1944. 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 twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-five, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred sixty-ninth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: E R STETTINIUS, Jr Secretary of State [59 STAT.

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