Exchange of notes constituting an Amendment to the Agreement concerning an International Observer Scheme for Whaling Operations from Land Stations in the North Pacific Ocean

Filename: 1976-Amendment-1975-USJapanNorthPacificLandStationWhalingObserverScheme.EN.txt
Source: TIAS 8399.

Exchange of notes constituting an Amendment to the Agreement concerning an International Observer Scheme

for Whaling Operations from Land Stations in the North Pacific Ocean

Source: TIAS 8399.

The American Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs to the Japanese Director-General,

Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TOKYO, JAPAN

APRIL 9, 1976

SIR,

With reference to the Agreement between the United States of America and Japan concerning an International

Observer Scheme for Whaling Operations from Land Stations in the North Pacific Ocean, signed at Tokyo on

May 2, 1975, I wish to propose on behalf of the Government of the United States of America that the provisions

of the Agreement shall be applied until March 31,1977.

I also wish to propose that if the said proposal is acceptable to the Government of Japan, the present note and

your note in reply indicating such acceptance shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between the two

Governments, which will enter into force on the date of your reply.

Yours sincerely,

JACK B. BUTTON,

Jack B. Button

Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs.

Mr. MORIYUKI MOTONO,

Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo

TOKYO, April 9, 1976

Sir,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your, note of today's date, which reads as follows:

"With reference to the Agreement between the United States of America and Japan concerning an International

Observer Scheme for Whaling Operations from Land Stations in the North Pacific Ocean, signed at Tokyo on

May 2, 1975, I wish to propose on behalf of the Government of the United States of America that the provisions

of the Agreement shall be applied until March 31, 1977.

"I also wish to propose that if the said proposal is acceptable to the Government of Japan, the present note and

your note in reply indicating such acceptance shall be regarded as constituting an agreement between the two

Governments, which will enter into force on the date of your reply."

I wish to inform you that the Government of Japan has accepted the said proposal of the Government of the

United States of America and agrees that your note and this note shall be regarded as constituting an agreement

between the two Governments, which will enter into force on the date of this reply.

Yours sincerely,

MORIYUKI MOTONO,

Moriyuki Motono

Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo

Mr. JACK B. BUTTON

Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America, Tokyo