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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. Translation[] MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFAIRS, NO. Tiao-36/18287 Nanking, September 3, 1947. ExCEL LENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note dated Ant,p. 3755. August 29, #1109, and signed on Your Excellency's behalf, by Mr. Turner, First Secretary of the Embassy, the original text of which reads as follows: "I have the honor to refer to paragraph 7 of a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, on December 14, 1946 which reads in part as follows: It (the General Assembly) recommends that the members under- take . . . the withdrawal without delay of armed forces stationed in the territories of members without their consent freely and pub- licly expressed in treaties or agreements consistent with the charter and not contradicting international agreements.' "My Government, desiring to fulfill the requirements of this reso- lution, would appreciate receiving from the Chinese Government a formal statement to the effect that all armed forces of the United States of America stationed on Chinese territory are so stationed with the consent of the Chinese Government. "It is contemplated that this note and Your Excellency's reply thereto will constitute an agreement within the meaning of the resolution quoted above and that this agreement will be registered in due course with the United Nations." In reply I have the honor to make the following statement on behalf of my Government: The armed forces of the United States of America now stationed on Chinese territory are so stationed through the consent of the Chinese Government; it is mutually understood that when either the Chinese Government or the Government of the United States con- siders that these armed forces of the United States of America should be withdrawn, the armed forces must be withdrawn forthwith. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consid- eration. For the Minister: Liu SHIa-SHUN His Excellency Dr. J. LEaIrHroN STUART, Ambassador of the United States of America, Nanking. 1 This translation was made in the Department of State.] 3762

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