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Treaty

Treaty between Japan and Thailand Concerning the Continuance of Friendly Relations and the Mutual Respect of Each Other's Territorial Integrity

Type
Treaty
Date
12 June 1940
Parties
Japan · Thailand
Printed in
Tokyo Gazette, February, 1941, pp. 336-337
Section
Concerning the Exchange of Ratifications of the Japanese-Thai Treaty

Article 1

The High Contracting Parties shall mutually respect each other's territorial integrity and hereby reaffirm the constant peace and the perpetual friendship existing between them.

Article 2

The High Contracting Parties shall mutually maintain friendly contact in order to exchange information, and to consult one another,

on any question of common interest that may arise.

Article 3

In the event of one of the High Contracting Parties suffering an attack from any third Power or Powers, the other Party undertakes not to give aid or assistance to the said Power or Powers against the Party attacked.

Article 4

The present Treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Bangkok, as soon as possible.

Article 5

The present Treaty shall come into effect on the date of the exchange of ratifications and shall remain in force for five years from that date.

In case neither of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other six months before the expiration of the said period of five years of its intention to terminate the Treaty, it shall continue operative until the expiration of one year from the date on which either Party shall have given such notice.

Transcription note

Articles only; no preamble or signatures printed. Date of conclusion (June 12, 1940) taken from the accompanying statement of the President of the Board of Information of December 24, 1940, issued on the exchange of ratifications.

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