. s. ratifca-tion AND WHEREAS, the said Convention was duly ratified on the part with an understand- nsd. of the United States of America with the following understanding made a part of the ratification:- "To carry out the provisions of Article III, bilateral agreements may be'entered into through exchanges of notes between the United States and the other Governments parties to the Conven- tion setting forth the procedures to be followed, any modifica- tions which may seem advisable in the number of copies of publi- cations required to be exchanged under the said article, and the Government agencies to be responsible for the delivery of the publications", Depot. and the instrument of ratification including the said understanding was on October 23, 1939 deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union at Washington; AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article VII of the said Convention that the Convention will come into effect between the High Contract- ing Parties in the order in which they deposit their respective ratifica- tions; AND WHEREAS ratifications of the said Convention were deposited in the archives of the Pan American Union at Washington by the Dominican Republic on December 7, 1937, El Salvador on April 1, 1938, Brazil on May 24, 1938, Haiti on June 23, 1938, Guatemala on August 23, 1938, Honduras on October 29, 1938, Venezuela on No- vember 5, 1938, Nicaragua on December 6, 1938, Panama on Decem- ber 13, 1938, Peru on February 20, 1939, and Costa Rica on June 27, 1939; Procamat. Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention and the said understanding on the part of the United States of America to be made public to the end that the same and every part thereof may be fulfilled and observed in good faith by the United States of America and the citizens thereof. 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 fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State. 1732 TREATIES [54 STAT.
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