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5. The Office of Fisheries of the Eepublic of Korea and the United! 

 States Public Health Service may enter into detailed arrangements 

 for the implementation of this" Agreement on request of either 

 Government. 



6. Either Government may terminate this Agreement by giving ta 

 the other six months' advance notice in writing. Shipments may be 

 prohibited from importation for cogent public health reasons. 



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 consti- 

 tute an agreement between our two Governments which shall enter 

 into force on the date of Your Excellency's reply. 



Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest 

 consideration. 



DoNG-Jo Kim 



Dong- Jo Kim 

 ArribassadoT 

 The Honorable 



U. Alexis Johnson 



Acting Secretary of State 

 Department of State 

 Washington. D.G. 



The Acting Secretary of State to the Korean Amhassador 



department of state: 

 washington 



November 24, 1972 

 Excellency : 



I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's note 

 of today's date reading as follows : 



"I have the honor to refer to the recent conversations between the 

 representatives of the Government of the Eepublic of Korea and the 

 Government of the United States of America concerning the im- 

 provement and standardization of shellfish sanitation practices and 

 exchanges of information on sanitary controls applied to the pro- 

 duction and handling of fresh or frozen oj^sters, clams and mussels 

 intended for shipment between the Eepublic of Korea and the 

 United States of America. 



"As a result of these conversations the following understandings 

 were reached: 



"1. Uniform sanitation principles in the national shellfish sani- 

 tation program adopted by the United States Public Plealth Service 

 will be applied to the production and handling of all fresh or frozen 

 oysters, clams and mussels intended for shipment between the Ee- 

 public of Korea and the United States of America. 



"2. The standards, criteria, and guidelines promulgated by the 

 national shellfish sanitation program as amended from time to time 

 will be embodied in the relevant sanitary regulations of the Eepublic 

 of Korea. 



