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mussels packaged in accordance with the uniform sanitation principles 

 under this Agreement will be accepted for a period of six months fol- 

 lowing the termination of the Agreement unless there are cogent public 

 health reasons for prohibiting the importation of such products. 



I have the honor to propose that if these understandings meet with 

 the approval of the Government of the United States the present note 

 and your Excellency's note in reply concurring therein shall constitute 

 an agreement between our two governments, which Agreement shall 

 enter into force on the date of your Excellency's reply. 



Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest 

 consideration. 



KoiCHIRO ASAKAI 



Ambassador of Japan 

 The Honorable 

 Dean K.TJSK, 



Secretary of State, 

 Washington, D.G. 



The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador 



Department of State 



Washington 

 October 2^, 1962 

 Excellency: 



I have the honor to refer to your note of October 24, 1962, in which 

 you set forth certain understandings reached as a result of discussions 

 between representatives of our two governments directed toward im- 

 proving and standardizing shellfish sanitation practices and exchang- 

 ing information on sanitary controls applied to the production and 

 handling of fresh or frozen oysters, clams and mussels intended for 

 shipment between Japan and the United States. 



I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the United 

 States confirms the understandings set forth in your note and agrees 

 that your note and this reply shall constitute an agreement between 

 our two governments which shall enter into force on the date of this 

 note. 



Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest 

 consideration. 



For the Secretary of State : 



W. AVEEELL HaRRIMAN 



His Excellency 



KoiCHIRO Asakai, 



Ambassador of Japan. 



