Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1928, Volume I

Treaty Series No. 839

Supplementary Agreement Between the United States of America and Austria, Signed at Vienna, January 20, 1931⁵

The United States of America and the Republic of Austria, by the undersigned Mr. Gilchrist Baker Stockton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at Vienna, and Dr. Johann Schober, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, their duly empowered plenipotentiaries, agree, as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of Article XXIV of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights, between the United States of America and the Republic of Austria, signed June 19, 1928, to the effect that the said Treaty shall remain in force for the term of six years from the date of the exchange of ratifications, it is agreed that the said Treaty may be terminated on February 11, 1935, or on any date thereafter, by notice given by either high contracting party to the other party one year before the date on which it is desired that such termination shall become effective.

Done in duplicate, in the English and German languages, at Vienna, this 20th day of January One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirtyone.

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G. B. Stockton

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Schober

5. In English and German; German text not printed. Ratification advised by the Senate, Feb. 20, 1931 (legislative day of Feb. 17); ratified by the President, Apr. 29, 1931; ratified by Austria, Mar. 28, 1931; ratifications exchanged at Vienna, May 27, 1931; proclaimed by the President, May 28, 1931.