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vith reference to the supplementary Convention
between Hie Majesty The Kin** my iovereign, In respect of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain ar.d Northern Ireland,
the Commonwealth of Australia and the dominion of New
2-ealand, on the one port, and the United   tales of America
on the other port, signed at Washington on May 27, 1956,
amending Artiele IV and the second paragraph of Article
VI of the convention concerning the tenure and disposition
of real and personal property between Her Majesty The Queen
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
United states of America, Bigned at Washington on March 2,
1899, I have the honour to inform you, under instructions
from His Majesty's Principal Secretary of .-;tate for Foreign
Affairs, that His Majesty's Governments in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and northern Ireland and New
Zealand have recommended to His Majesty that the supplementary
Convention should be ratified in respect of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand,
respectively, but that His Majesty's Government in the
Commonwealth of Australia has not felt able to malce a similar
reooraioendfi 11 on.
2.     I am accordingly instructed to inform yo \ that His
Majesty's ratification of the supplementary Convention la
made in reapect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and in reapect of the Dominion of New
Zealand/
The Honourable
Cordell Hull,
Secretary of ;tete of the United   tateo of America,
Washington, D.O.
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Zealand and that It doea not Inolude the Commonwealth of
Auatralla, in respect of which the aald supplementary
Convention alao was atgned.
5.      In proceeding thia day to the exchange of
ratification8 of the supplementary Convention I have alao
to Inform you that I am Instructed by His Majesty*a principal
Secretary of c?tate for Foreign Affaire to propoae that it be
agreed between the respective Governments that the exchange
of ratif Icatlma made today pursuant to Article II of the
Supplementary Convention shall have the effect of bringing
the Supplementary Convention into force between the United
otatea of America on   the one hand and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand on the
other but ahall not have effect in respect of the Commonwealth
of Auatralla,     It la further propoaed that the coming into
force of the Supplementary Convention between the united
states of America and the Commonwealth of Australia ahall
be regarded as in auapense until such time aa there ahall be
deposited with the oovernment of the United jtatca of Aw*rlca
a ratification in reapeet of that Commonwealth.
4*     I have alao been Instructed to auggeat that if the
foregoing propoaale be acceptable to the Oovernment of the
United  >tatea of America, ray present note, together with
your note in reply thereto informing me of your Oovernment'a
acceptance of thoee propoaala shall be regarded aa placing
on record the underatanding between His '(a jetty's oovernmenta
in the United Kingdom and New /iealand, and the Government of
the United nates of America, concerning the effect of the
exchange of ratifications.
I have, etc.,