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EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON THE VISA OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CONSULAR

AGREEMENT WHILE HE IS IN PEKING. IF YOU THINK THIS IDEA WOULD

APPEAL TO THE CHINESE, YOU HAVE DISCRETION TO SUGGEST THAT BOTH

SIDES SHOULD SEEK TO COMPLET THE LAST STEPS IN TIME TO ALLOW

SIGNATURE TO TAKE PLACE.

(BECAUSE OF ARTICLE 11 OF THE DRAFT CONSULAR AGREEMENT AND THE

FORMULA IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE, NEITHER THE AGREEMENT NOR THE

UNDERSTANDING ON THE VISA OFFICE WOULD COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL

THERE HAD BEEN NOTIFICATION THAT THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION

HAD BEEN ENACTED. THE CHINESE WOULD THEREFORE RETAIN THEIR HOLD

OVER US ON THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT.)

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