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RUSSIA

DECLARATION EXCHANGED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SIAM

SIGNED AT Bangkok, 23rd June, 1899

The Imperial Government of Russia and the Royal Government of Siam, being desirous to facilitate the relation between the two countries, have, awaiting the conclusion of a Treaty of Commerce and Amity, agreed as follows:—

That for everything relating to jurisdiction, commerce, and navigation, Russiau subjects on Siamese territory and Siamese subjects ou Russian térritory shall hence forth enjoy, till the expiration of the present arrangement, all the rights and privileges. granted to the subjects of other nations respectively in Siam and in Russia by the Treaties now in existence and by Treaties that may be concluded in the future.

This arrangement shall be applie1 by the two contracting parties from the day of its signature and till the expiration of six months after the day on which the one or the other of the high contracting parties shall have denounced it.

The present declaration having been drawn up in the Russian, Siamese, and French languages, and the three versions having the same scope and the same meaning, the French text shall be regarded as official and legal in all respects.

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in faith of which the undersigned, duly authorised for that purpose, have drawn

present declaration, to which they have affixed their signatures and seals. Done at Bangkok, the 1st June (Russian style, equivalent to June 28, 1889, the Siamese era).

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Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN