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of the Governments of the said countries, and was subsequently adhered to by Iceland; Noticatios of ae0 WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America has re- ceived notifications of acceptance of the said protocol of December 2, 1946 from all the Governments parties to the said Protocol of Novem- ber 26, 1945, as follows: Iceland on April 21, 1947; the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 17, 1947; the United States of America on July 18, 1947; New Zealand on July 22, 1947; Denmark on August 25, 1947; Norway on August 27, 1947; the Union of South Africa on November 6, 1947; Australia on December 1, 1947; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on December 11, 1947; and France on February 5, 1948; Entry into for. AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid provisions of Article II of the said protocol of December 2, 1946, the protocol entered into force on February 5, 1948; Proclamation. Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the said protocol of December 2, 1946, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith, on and after February 5, 1948, by the United States of America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction 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 sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-eight [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State 1580 TREATIES [62 STAT.