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 TREATIES Protocol between the United States oJ America and other American Octoberl. 1 Republics modifying and extending for one year from October 1, 1945, IT. I .A. 8 15131 the Inter-American Coffee Agreement of November 28, 1940. Open for signature at Washington September 1-November 1, 1945; ratifica- tion advised by the Senate of the United States of America April 11, 1946; ratified by the President of the United States of America April 29, 1946; ratification of the United States of America deposited with the Pan American Union at Washington May 1, 1946; proclaimed by the Presidentof the United States of America May 7, 1946; effective from October 1, 1945. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a protocol for the extension of the Inter-American Coffee Agreement for one year from October 1, 1945 was open for signature at Washington from September 1, 1945 to November 1, 1945, and during that period was signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the Govern- ment of the United States of America (with a reservation "Subject to ratification") and fourteen other countries; AND WHEREAS the text of the said protocol, being in the English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French languages, as certified by the Director General of the Pan American Union, is word for word as follows: PROTOCOL FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COFFEE AGREE- MENT FOR ONE YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1, 1945 WHEREAS an Inter-American Coffee Agreement (hereinafter re- ferred to as "the Agreement") was signed in Washington on November 28, 1940; AND WHEREAS by a Protocol signed in Washington on April 15, 1941, the Agreement was regarded as having come into force imme- diately in respect of the Governments signatory to that Protocol; AND WHEREAS it was provided in the said Agreement that it should continue in force until October 1, 1943; AND WHEREAS by unanimous consent the Governments signatory to the Agreement have twice extended the said Agreement unchanged 8063:4° -4S -l'T. i- -- 17 1359 55 Stat. 1143; 56 Stat. 1346 . 55 Stat. 1183.

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