On December 31 last year the Protocol concerning the prolongation of the duration of the Japanese-Soviet Fishery Convention was signed at Moscow, subject to approval by the Government. Since the beginning of the year, the Government have been taking internal procedures for its approval. The necessary internal procedures for such approval having been completed today, January 13, the Japanese Government immediately notified the Soviet Government to that effect through Ambassador Togo at Moscow, and consequently the Protocol has now come into full force.
The text of the protocol is as follows:
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The text of the Protocol that follows the statement (pp. 306-307) is transcribed separately as 03-protocol-prolonging-japanese-soviet-fishery-convention.md. Page number 306 not printed on the opening page.
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