Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 3.djvu/544

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3156 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. (10) This note and Your Excellency's reply accepting the above proposals on behalf of the Government of China will constitute an agreement between the two Governments in the sense of 62 Stat., Pt. , p. 159. Section 407 of the Act. Subject to the provisions of para- graphs (8) and (9), this exchange of notes will remain in force until June 30, 1949, or, upon the request of either Govern- ment transmitted to the other Government at least two months before June 30, 1949, until the date of termination of the Economic Aid Agreement between the two Governments Ante, p. 2945. concluded on July 3, 1948." On behalf of the Government of China, I have the honor to accept the proposals contained in the note quoted above. In recognition of the importance of the Program as one of the essen- tial means of achieving the objectives in which the Governments of China and of the United States of America unite in seeking under the Economic Aid Agreement between the two Governments concluded on Ante. p. 24. July 3, 1948, the Government of China undertakes to afford to the execution of the Program the full weight of its support and to direct cooperating agencies of the Government of China, including the local officials concerned, to give such assistance and facilities as are essential to the success of their undertakings under the Program. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. His Excellency J. LEIGHTON STUART, Ambassador of the United States of America to China, Nanking. ' Wang Shih-chieh