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 NANKING, November 29, 1948 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today's date which contains the following proposals on the part of the Gov- ernment of the United States of America with respect to the applica- bility to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Republic of China and the United States of America signed at Nanking on November 4, Ant, p. 129. 1946: (1) the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation be- tween the United States of America and the Republic of China, signed at Nanking on November 4, 1946, shall not apply to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands except to the extent that the President of the United States of America shall by proclamation extend the provisions of the Treaty to such Trust Territory; (2) the provisions of the Treaty according treatment no less favorable than the treatment ac- corded to any third country shall not apply to advantages now ac- corded or which may hereafter be accorded by the United States of America or its territories and possessions, irrespective of any change in their political status, to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the Republic of China accepts the foregoing proposals and considers your note together with this reply as placing on record the understanding of our two Governments in this matter, with effect from the date of entry into force of the aforesaid Treaty. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest onsnqil 1 rart;nn His Excellency Dr. J. LEIHrrON STUART, AmbassadorEztraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of China, Nanking. 1392 TREATIES [63 STAT.

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