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possible time. The exchange of the instruments of ratification shall take place as soon as possible in Chungking.
The treaty will enter into force immediately upon its ratification and shall remain in force for a term of thirty
years.
If neither of the high contracting parties has given notice, a year before the expiration of the term, of its desire to terminate the treaty, it shall remain valid for an
unlimited time, each of the high contracting parties being able to terminate its operation by giving notice to that effect to the other high contracting party one year in advance.
In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and affixed there to their seals.
Done in Moscow, the Fourteenth August, 1945, corresponding to the Fourteenth day of the Eighth month of the Thirty-four th year of the Chinese Republic, in two copies, each one in the Russian and Chinese languages, both texts being equally authoritative.
The Plenipotentiary of the
Supreme Soviet of the U.S.R.:
(Signed) V.M. MOLOTOV.
The Plenipotentiary of the
President of the National Government of the Republic of China:
(Signed)
WANG SHIH-CHTEH
Exchange of Notes.
14th August, 1945.
Your Excellency,
With reference to the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance signed to-day between the Republic of China and the U.S.S.R., I have the honour to put on record the understanding between the high contracting parties as follows:-
1. In accordance with the spirit of the afore-mentioned treaty, and in order to put into effect its aims and purposes, the Government of the U.S.S.R. agrecs to render to China moral support and aid in military supplics and other material resources, such support and aid to be entirely given to the National Government as the Central Government of China.
2. In the course of conversations regarding Dairen and Port Arthur and regarding the joint operation of the Chinese Chungchun Railway, the Government of the U.S.S.R. regarded the Three Eastern Provinces as part of China and reaffirmed its respect for China's full sovereignty over the Three Eastern Provinces and reaffirmed its recognition of their territorial and administrative integrity.
3. As for the recent incidents in Sinki ang the Soviet Government confirms that, as stated in articlo V of the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, it has no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of China.
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