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 1642 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. a standardised switching system for international tele- graph communications based upon a standard five unit code of operation. Further, it is proposed that the CCIR study the estab- lishment of standards for:- ka) Carrier shift operation for single channel telegraph circuits. (b) Multi-tone operation for multi-channel telegraph circuits. (c) Performance specifications for phototelegraphic equip- ment to provide for inter-working, including modula- tion equipment for radio transmissions. ARTICLE VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 16 Consultation (i) The parties to this Agreement shall consult on all matters coming within its purview. (ii) The parties to this Agreement shall, at the earliest stage, advise one another regarding all intended changes in rates on routes of interest to one another. Section 17. Acceptance. By their approval of this Agreement, all Governments will accept it both on their own behalf and in respect of all their colonies, overseas territories, all territories under their protection, suzerainty, or authority and all territories in respect of which they exercise a mandate, subject to any necessary reservations. The United States will en- deavour to obtain the adherence of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to this Agreement. Section 18. Entry into force. This Agreement shall come into force as between the several signatory Governments upon the receipt by the United Kingdom Government of the respective notifica- tions of their approval. [1] The United Kingdom Govern- ment shall on receipt of such notifications inform all other signatory Governments. Signed JAMES CLEMENT DUNN PAUL A. PORTER GEORGE P. BAKER (on behalf of the Delegation of the United States) I [Notes of acceptance have been received by the United Kingdom Government from the following countries: Canada, Mar. 1, 1946; Southern Rhodesia, Mar. 9, 1946; the United Kingdom, Mar. 13, 1946, subject to the following reservations: "1) The Agreement cannot be applied to Anglo-French Condominium in the New Hebrides to which the Empire Rate Scheme does not apply. 11) In order to avoid any discrimination contrary to the terms of the Mandate, the provisions of Section 8 of the Agreement cannot be accepted in respect of Palestine insofar as they relate to transit charges."; the Commonwealth of Australia, Mar. 20, 1946; New Zealand, Mar. 23, 1946, "subject to reservation of Article III, Section 12"; the Union of South Africa, Mar. 27, 1946; India, Mar. 29, 1946; and the United States of America, Mar. 15, 1946.1

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