1. AGREED MINUTES RELATING TO e.* 



Agreed INIinutes 



The representatives of the Government of the United States of 

 America and the Government of Japan have agreed to record the fol- 

 lowing in connection with the notes exchanged today between Am- 

 bassador Hodgson and Minister for Foreign Affairs Miyazawa con- 

 cerning the king and tanner crab fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea : 



1. It was agreed that the respective Governments would take all 

 possible measures to ensure that their nationals and vessels refrain 

 from engaging in such harmful practices as would result in pollution 

 of the seas and would have deleterious effects upon the health and well- 

 being of the living resources thereof. 



2. It was recognized to be appropriate that, with respect to cases 

 of gear conflict which may arise between the fisheries of the two coun- 

 tries, prompt consultation be held between the parties concerned as 

 necessary in each case. 



Tokyo, Decairiber 2Ii,, 191 If.. 

 ror the government of the united states of america : 

 James D. Hodgson 



FOR THE government OF JAPAN : 

 KnCHI MlTx\ZAWA 



*Source: Department of State. 



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