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MULTILATERAL-SUGAR-AUG. 29, 1947 Certified a true copy. [SEAL] D A BIGBY LONDON -9 Oct 1947 Acting Librarianand Keeper of the Papersfor the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by their Resolution of April 28, 1948, two-thirds of the Senators present con- curring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the said protocol; WHEREAI the said protocol was duly ratified on behalf of the Government of the United States of America on May 14, 1948, and the instrument of ratification on the part of the said Government was duly deposited in the archives of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on May 25, 1948; AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article 1 of the said protocol that, subject to the provisions of Article 2 of the said protocol, the said agreement of May 6, 1937 shall continue in force between the Govern- ments signatory of the said protocol for a period of one year after August 31, 1947; 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, to the 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 by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the said protocol being deemed to have the effect, as provided in Article 1 thereof, of continuing in force between the Governments signatory of the said protocol, for a period of one year after August 31, 1947, the said agreement regarding the regulation of production and marketing of sugar signed at London May 6, 1937. 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 June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-eight and [SEAI.] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred seventy-second. By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State Advice and consent to ratification. Ratification; deposit of instrument. Continuance In force. 69 Stat. 922. Proclamation. HARRY S TRUMAN 1657 62 STAT.]