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 TREATIES October 1, 1946 Protocol between the United States of America and other American Re- [T. I. A. s. 1605] publics modifying and extending for one year from October 1, 1946, the Inter-American Coffee Agreement of November 28, 1940. Open for signature at Washington September S-November 1, 1946; ratifica- tion advised by the Senate of the United States of America February 21, 1947; ratified by the President of the United States of America March 7, 1947; ratificationof the United States of America deposited with the Pan American Union at Washington March 19, 1947; pro- claimed by the Presidentof the United States of America April 1, 1947; entered into force with respect to the United States of America March 19, 1947; effective October 1, 1946. 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, 1946 was open for signature at the Pan American Union in Washington from Septem- ber 3, 1946 until November 1, 1946 and during that period was signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the Government of the United States of America (subject to ratification) and the Governments of fourteen other American Republics; AND WHEREAS the said protocol, being in the English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French languages, as certified by the Acting Secre- tary of the Governing Board of the Pan American Union, is word for word as follows: PROTOCOL FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COFFEE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR FROM OCTOBER 1, 1946. 55 Stat. 1143; 56 Stat. 1345. 55 Stat. 1183. 55 Stat. 1172. WHEREAS an Inter-American Coffee Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement") was signed in Washington on November 28, 1940: AND WHEREAS by a Protocol signed in Washington April 15, 1941, the Agreement was brought into force on April 16, 1941, in respect of the Governments on behalf of which the Protocol was signed on April 15, 1941: AND WHEREAS Article XXIV of the said Agreement provides that it should continue in force until October 1, 1943: AND WHEREAS by unanimous consent the Governments signatory to the Agreement twice extended the said Agreement unchanged for one-year periods, these extensions being duly attested by two certified and signed Declarations passed by the Inter- American Coffee Board on May 12, 1943 and July 25, 1944,['] 1 [Not printed.] 1222 [61 STAT.

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