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 MULTILATERAL-SUGAR-AUG. 30, 1946 For the Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia: DR. FRANC Kos. Certified a true copy. [SEAL] LONDON -8 Oct 1946 E. J. PASSANT. Librarianand Keeper of the Papersfor the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs. WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their Resolution of April 24, 1947, two-thirds of the Senators present con- curring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said protocol; WHEREAS the said protocol was duly ratified on behalf of the Gov- ernment of the United States of America on May 7, 1947, and the instrument of ratification on the part of the said Government was duly deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on May 20, 1947; WHEREAS it is provided in Article 1 of the said protocol that, subject to the provisions of Article 2 of the said protocol, the said agreement of May 6, 1937 shall continue in force between the Governments signa- tory of the said protocol for a period of one year after August 31, 1946; WHEREAS it is provided in Article 5 of the said protocol that it shall bear the date of August 30, 1946, and shall remain open for signature until September 30, 1946, provided however that any signature ap- pended after August 30, 1946 shall be deemed to have effect as from that date; 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 protocol, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States of America, and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the said protocol being deemed to have the effect, as provided in Article 1 thereof, of continuing in force between the Governments signatory of the said protocol, for a period of one year after August 31, 1946, the said agreement regarding the regulation of production and marketing of sugar signed at London May 6, 1937. 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 twenty-seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty- [BEAL] seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-first. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State Deposit of instru- ment of ratification. 69 Stat. 922 . Effective date. 61 STAT.] 1239

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