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Whereas the respective instruments of ratification of the said con- 

 vention were duly exchanged at Ottawa on July 13, 1950 ; 



And whereas it is provided in Article IV of the said convention 

 that the convention shall come into effect immediately upon the ex- 

 change of ratifications ; 



Now, THEREFORE, be it kuowu that I, Harry S. Truman, President 

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

 the said convention to the end that the same and each and every ar- 

 ticle and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith 

 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. 



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 second day of August in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty and of 

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

 hundred seventy-fifth. 



HAERY S TRUMAN 

 By the President : 

 Dean Acheson 



Secretary of State 



