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signature and shall remain open for signature for a period of fourteen 

 days thereafter, following which period it shall be open for adherence. 



In witness whereof the undersigned, having deposited their 

 respective full powers, have signed this Protocol. 



Done at Washington this fifteenth day of July, 1963 in the English 

 language. 



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Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by their 

 resolution of June 23, 1964, two-thirds of the Senators present 

 concurring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the 

 said protocol; 



Whereas the said protocol was duly ratified by the President of the 

 United States of America on July 13, 1964, in pursuance of the 

 aforesaid advice and consent of the Senate; 



Whereas it is provided in Article IV of the said protocol that the 

 protocol shall enter into force on the date upon which instruments of 

 ratification have been deposited with, or written notifications of 

 adherence have been received by, the Government of the United States 

 of America, on behalf of all the Governments parties to the Inter- 

 national Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries signed at 

 Washington under date of February 8, 1949 ; 



Whereas instruments of ratification have been deposited with, or 

 written notifications of adherence have been received by, the Govern- 

 ment of the United States of America on be'half of all the Governments 

 parties to the aforesaid 1949 Convention, namely : Norway on Decem- 

 ber 3, 1963; Canada on January 23, 1964; Iceland on March 23, 1964; 

 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on April 13, 1964; the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on May 8, 1964; the 

 United States of America on July 13, 1964; France on July 21, 1964; 

 Denmark on July 27, 1964; Spain on August 17, 1964; Portugal on 

 October 2, 1964; the Federal Republic of Germany on May 26, 1965; 

 Poland on January 5, 1966; and Italy on April 29, 1966; 



Whereas pursuant to the aforesaid provision of Article IV of the 

 said protocol, the protocol entered into force on April 29, 1966; 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President 

 of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public 

 the said protocol to the International Convention for the Northwest 

 Atlantic Fisheries to the end that the same and every article and 

 clause thereof shall be observed and fulfilled with good faith, on and 

 after April 29, 1966, 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. 



