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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM.
Art. VI.-Vessels under the French flag may freely navigate those parts of the Meikong River and Interior Sea which touch the Siamese possessions. The Govern- ment of His Majesty the King of Siam shall place at the disposal of the Authorities of Saigon such number of passports as the latter may deem necessary, to be delivered, after having been signed and filled up by the said authorities, to French subjects who wish to go to the said coast. On Siamese territory the latter shall conform to all the stipulations of the treaty of 1856 between France and Siam. The above-mentioned passport shall take the place, in harbours, of the pass required by Article VII. of the said Treaty and shall give to its bearers, in case of urgency, the right of laying their claims directly before the Siamese authorities.
Art. VII. The French Government engages that the preceding stipulations shall be observed by Cambodia.
Art. VIII. The present Treaty having been written in French and Siamese, and the two versions having the same import and sense, the French text shall be official and shall have the same effect in all respects as the Siamese.
Art. IX. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Bangkok, within a delay of five months, or sooner if possible.
In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it and affixed their peals.
Done at Paris, in two copies, the 15th July, in the year of grace 1867, correspond- ing to the 4th day of the 8th month of the year Tho, 1229, of the Siamese era.
(Signed)
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MOUSTIER.
PHYA SURAWONGS WAY WAT. PHRA KAXA SENA.
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