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It may be assumed however that the
question as to whether or not it is
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possible to put the Convention into
force in the way above indicated will
come up for discussion immediately the
Conference opens and you will therefore
have to consider the most practical way
of harmonising the intentions of the
first and second Conferences with re-
gard to the point at issue and of over-
coming the technical difficulties that
stand in the way of a satisfactory set-
tlement in circumstances not originally
anticipated.
These difficulties will not of
course arise, if all the Powers have
already signed and ratified by the time
the Conference meets or if there are as-
surances forthcoming that their signa-
tures will have taken place and their
ratifications deposited by a given date,
and you should consequently press anyb
for the ratification of the Cón