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56STAT.] U. S . S . R .-COMMERCIAL RELATIONS-JULY 31, 1942 1577 WHEREAS, it is provided in the said agreement of July 31, 1942, that the agreement shall be proclaimed by the President of the United States of America and approved by the Council of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; AND WHEREAS, the said agreement was approved by the Council of People's Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on August 1, 1942. Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the said agreement, to the end that the same and every part thereof may be observed and fulfilled by the United States of America and all persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof on and after August 6, 1942. Eeecive dat. 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 first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-seventh. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State 65714'--4.--PT. II---31