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2. This Protocol shall bear the date on which it is opened for sig- 

 nature 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 powers, have signed this Protocol. 



DONE at Washington this twenty-ninth day of November 1965, in 

 the English language. 



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Whereas the Senate of the United States of America by its reso- 

 lution of July 19, 1966, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 

 therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the Protocol ; 



Whereas the Protocol was ratified by the President of the United 

 States of America on August 16, 1966, in pursuance of the advice and 

 consent of the Senate ; 



Whereas it is provided in Article II of the Protocol that the 

 Protocol shall enter into force on the date on which instruments of 

 ratification or approval have been deposited with, or written notifica- 

 tions of adherence have been received by, the Government of the 

 United States of America from all the Governments parties to the 

 International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries signed 

 at Washington under date of February 8, 1949 ; 



Whereas instruments of ratification or approval have been de- 

 posited with, or written notifications of adherence have been received 

 by, the Government of the United States of America from all the 

 Governments parties to the 1949 Convention, namely : Iceland on 

 December 7, 1965 ; Canada on April 1, 1966 ; the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Northern Ireland on August 15, 1966 ; the United 

 States of America on August 16, 1966; France on February 15, 1967; 

 Norway on March 9, 1967; Romania on INIarch 21, 1967; Spain on 

 March 29, 1967 ; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on October 23, 

 1967; Denmark on August 14, 1968; Poland on January 7, 1969; the 

 Federal Republic of Germany on INIay 29, 1969 ; Italy on December 19, 

 1969 ; and Portugal on December 19, 1969 ; 



Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Article II of the Protocol, 

 the Protocol entered into force on December 19, 1969 ; 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Richard Nixon, 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 shall be observed and fulfilled in good faith, on and after 

 December 19, 1969, by the United States of America and by the citi- 

 zens 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 fourth day of February in 

 the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seventy 



[seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America 

 the one hundred ninety-fourth. 



Richard Nixon. 

 By the President: 



William P. Rogers 

 Secretary of State 



