Exchange Of Notes Extending 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
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Note I
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Tokyo, April 27, 1977
Mr. MORIYUKI MOTONO,
Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo.
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, 1978.
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
Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs
Tokyo, April 27, 1977
Mr. JACK B. Button,
Note II
Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America in Japan.
SIR: I 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, 1978.
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 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,
Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tokyo, April 27, 1977
The undersigned, a duly qualified language officer, having compared the English language and Japanese language texts of the Exchange of Notes extending 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, dated the twenty-seventh of April 1977, hereby certifies that they are in full conformity with each other and have the same meaning in all substantive respects.
WILLIAM T. BREER,
First Secretary of Embassy
