A. GORKIN
Secretary of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.
APPENDIX II
LAW
ON GRANTING THE UNION REPUBLICS PLENIPO
TENTIARY POWERS IN THE SPHERE OF FOREIGN
RELATIONS AND ON REORGANIZING THE PEOPLE'S
COMMISSARIAT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN CONNEC
TION THEREWITH FROM AN ALL-UNION INTO A
UNION-REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT
With the object of extending international connections and strengthening the collaboration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with other states and taking into consideration the growing requirements of the Union Republics in the matter of establishing direct relations with foreign states, the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics decrees:
1. To establish that the Union Republics may enter into direct relations with foreign states and conclude agreements with them.
2. To introduce into the Constitution of the U.S.S.R. the following amendments:
a) To insert in ARTICLE 14a of the Constitution of the U.S.S.R., after the words "Representation of the Union in international relations, conclusion and ratification of treaties with other states," the words – "establishment of a uniform system in the
