MULTILATERAL-SUGAR-AUG. 31 , 1945 Protocol between the United States of America and other powers pro- August 31,1945 longing the internationalagreement of May 6, 1937, respecting regula- T.' A. 8 .1523] tion of production and marketing of sugar. Signed at London August 31, 1945; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States of America April 17, 1946; ratified by the President of the United States of America May 1, 1946; ratificationdeposited May 27, 1946; pro- claimed by the President of the United States of America June 10, 1946. HARRY S. TRUMAN President of the United States of America To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: KNOW YE, That whereas a protocol dated in London August 31, 1945, prolonging the international agreement regarding the regula- tion of production and marketing of sugar signed in London May 6, 1937, as enforced and prolonged by a protocol dated in London 5Stat.22. July 22, 1942, and as further prolonged by a protocol dated in London 59 Stat- 9 August 31, 1944, was signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries of S9t.at the United States of America (with a reservation "Signed subject to ratification"), the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the Union of South Africa, the Commonwealth of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, the United King- dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Haiti, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yugoslavia, and the Provisional Government of the French Republic; AND WHEREAS a certified copy of the said protocol of August 31, 1945 is word for word as follows: PROTOCOL. WHEREAS an International Agreement regarding the Regulation of the Production and Marketing of Sugar (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement") was signed in London on the 6th May, 1937; 59 Stat. 92. And whereas by a Protocol signed in London on the 22nd July, 1942, the Agreement was regarded as having come into force on the 59 stat. 99. 1st September, 1937, in respect of the Governments signatory of the Protocol; And whereas it was provided in the said Protocol that the Agree- ment should continue in force between the said Governments for a period of two years after the 31st August, 1942; And whereas by a further Protocol signed in London on the 31st August, 1944, it was agreed that, subject to the provisions of Article 2 59 Stat- 951. of the said Protocol, the Agreement should continue in force between the Governments signatory thereof for a period of one year after the 31st August, 1944; 1373 O0 STAT.]
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