Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XIV, Soviet Union

274. Editorial Note

At a White House ceremony on June 13, 1968, the United States and the Soviet Union exchanged instruments of ratification of the Consular Convention signed at Moscow on June 1, 1964. For text of the convention, see Department of State Bulletin, June 22, 1964, pages 979–984. President Johnson ratified the convention on March 31, 1967, after the Senate gave its consent on March 16. The Soviet Government ratified the convention on April 26, 1968, and it entered into force on July 13, 1968.