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times to communicate with the consular office.

of the former 11. C. P. The consular officers of

one C. P. in the territories of the other shall

be informed immediately by the appropriate local

authorities when any of their nationals are

arrested or detained in their consular districts

by the local authorities. They shall have the

right to visit within the limits of their

districts any of their nationals who are under

arrest or awaiting trial in prison.

Communications from the nationals of one H. C. P.

in prison in the territories of the other II.C.P.

addressed to the consular officers of the former

H. C. P. will be forwarded to the appropriate

consular officer by the local authorities.

Consular officers of one H. P. shall be accorded

in the teritories of the other H. C. . the rights,

privileges and immunities enjoyed by consular

officers under modern international usage.

Article 8(1), The High Contracting Purties

will enter into negotiations for the conclusion of

a comprehensive modern treaty or treaties of

friendship, commerce, navigation and consulɛr

rights upon the request of either of them or in

any case within six months fter the cessation

The

of the hostilities in the war against the common

enemies in which they are both now engaged.

treaty or treaties to be thus negotiated will be

based upon the principles of international law

and practice as reflected in modern international

procedure and in the modern treaties which each

of the High Contracting Parties have respectively

concluded with other Powers in recent years.

(11).

Pending the conclusion of the

comprehensive/