611.2531/319: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Chile (Frost)
33. Your 33, February 15. In the absence of the Ambassador you are authorized to effect a new exchange of notes bearing the date February 1, 1939. The texts of the new notes should be the same as that of the notes exchanged January 6, 1938 with the following exceptions:
- A.
- Omit all of the language in numbered paragraph 7, and insert
in lieu thereof the following:
“The present Agreement shall come into force definitively 30 days after the date on which it is ratified by the Chilean Congress and shall continue in force until superseded by a more comprehensive commercial agreement or by a definitive treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, or until denounced by the Government [Page 404] of either country by advance written notice of not less than 30 days.”
- B.
- Insert a new paragraph bearing the number 8, and reading as
follows:
“Pending ratification by the Chilean Congress, the present Agreement shall come into force provisionally on February 1, 1939, and, unless terminated in the manner provided in numbered Paragraph 7 of the present Agreement, shall remain in provisional effect until after the expiration of 1 year, whichever date occurs first. If the Agreement has not come into force definitively after the expiration of 1 year from February 1, 1939, it may within the discretion of both Governments be signed again and by this means be continued in provisional effect.”
- C.
- Renumber numbered paragraph 8 so that it will appear as numbered paragraph 9.
The sole effect of the foregoing amendments is to amalgamate the texts of the Agreements of January 6, 1938 and February 1, 1938 into one agreement.