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TraTialation 

 Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 



No. 14 



The Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics presents 

 its compliments to the Secretary of State of the United States of 

 America and, referring to his note dated March 19, 1969, communi- 

 cates that the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 

 agrees that the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific 

 Fur Seals, signed in Washington on February 9, 1957, with amend- 

 ments introduced by the Protocol signed in Washington on October 8, 

 1963, remain in force, bearing in mind Article XIII, Paragraph 4, 

 of the Convention, for a period of eighteen years and further, until 

 the entry into force of a new or revised Fur Seal Convention between 

 the Parties or until the expiration of one year after such eighteen 

 year period, depending upon which occurs first. 



Washington, April i, 1969 



Department of Statb, 



United States of America, 

 Washington, D.C. 



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