CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947 — Page 113

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ARTICLE XVIII.

The present agreement shall come into force from the date of its ratification.

Done in Moscow, the 14th August, 1945, corresponding to the 14th day of the 8th month of the 34th year of the Chinese Republic, in two copies, each in the Russian and Chine se languages, both texts being equally authoritative.

The Plenipotentiary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.

(Signed) V.M. MOLOTOV.

The Plenipotentiary of the President of the National Government of the Republic of China.

(Signed)

WANG SHIH-CHIEH.

Agreement concerning Dairen.

In view of a treaty of friendship and alliance having been concluded between the Republic of China and the U.S.S.R. and of the guarantee by the latter that it will respect Chinese sovereignty in the control of all of the three eastern provinces as an integral part of China; and with the object of guaranteeing that the U.S.S.R.'s interest in Dairen as a port of entry and exit for its goods shall be safeguarded, the Republic of China agrees -

1. To declare Dairen a free port open to the commerce and shipping of all nations!

2. The Chinese Government agrees to apportion in the above free port for lease to the U.S.S.R. wharves and ware- houses on the basis of a separate agreement.

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China.

The administrative rights in Dairen shall belong to

The harbour director shall be appointed, after the agreemont of the Mayor of Dairen has been obtained, by the manager of the Chinese Changchun Railway from among the Soviet officers, and the assistant harbour director shall be chosen from among the Chinese officers in accordance with the above procedure.

4. In peace time Dairen is not included in the sphere of efficacy of the naval-base regulations, determined on the basis of the agreement on Port Arthur of 14th August, 1945, and shall be subject to the military control established in this zone only in case of war against Japan.

5. Goods entering the above free port from abroad for through transit to Soviet territory on the Chinese Changchun Railway and goods coming from Soviet territory on the said railway into the above free port for export or materials necessary for the installations of the said port imported from the Soviet shall be free from customs duties. Such goods shall be transported in sealed cars.

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