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PHILIPPlNES-NORrH BORNEO, BOUNDARY. JANUARY 2,1930. 2201 Now, TBIlRIlI'ORIl, be it known that I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to tbe 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 the citizens thereof. IN TESTIKONY WHEREOJ', I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Beal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-seventh. By the President: HENRY L STIMSON &cretary oj &alB. HERBERT HOOVER PnM:Jem..... EXCHANGES OJ! NOTES REGARDING CERTAIN ISLANDS on THE COAST ExchaDp of DO_ OF BORNEO The British Ambassador (HO'tlJard) to the 8ecr~tary oj Statt (Stimson) No. 679 BRITISH EKBA8SY, Washington, D.O. BfUl Jan'Uary, 1980. Sm, By the convention concluded between the President of the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty for the purpose of de- limiting the boundary between the Philippine archipelago on the one hand and the State of North Borneo which is under British protection on the other hand, the sovereignty over certain islands which hav'e for many years past been administered by the British North Borneo Com- pany haP been definitely recognized as pertaining to the United States of America. These islands which formed the subject of the arrange- ment effected by an exchange of notes between His Majesty's Govern- ment and ·the United States Governinent on July 3rd and July 10th, 1907, are:- 1. Sibaung, Boaan, Lihiman, Langaan, Great Bakkungaan, Tag- anak, and Bagnan in the group of islands known as the Turtle Islands. 2. The Mangsee Islands. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom understand that the Government of the United States of America are prepared to conclude an arrangement in regard to these islands, supplementary to the above-mentioned convention, in the following terms: FmsTLY. Tha~ the said company be left undisturbed in the ad- ministration of the islands in question unless or until the United States Government give notice to His Majesty's Government of their desire that the administration of the islands should be transferred fA, them. The transfer of administration shall be effected within one