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6th July, 32nd year of Showa (1957)
Your Excellency,
[See note II]
I avail myself, Excellency, of this opportunity to renew assurances of my highest consideration.
Nobusuke Kishi
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
H.E. J. McEwen
The Minister for Trade
Commonwealth of Australia
II
Hakone, 6th July, 1957
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Excellency's Note dated July 6, 1957, which reads as follows:
"With reference to the Agreement on Commerce between Japan and the Commonwealth of Australia signed today,[1] I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the most-favoured-nation provisions of the said Agreement shall not apply to advantages which are accorded or which may be accorded hereafter by Japan to such areas as are set forth in Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at the city of San Francisco on September 8, 1951,[2] so long as the situation set forth in the second sentence of the said Article continues with respect to the administration, legislation and jurisdiction over those areas.
"I have further the honour to request your Excellency to be good enough to confirm the foregoing understanding on behalf of your Government."
On behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia I have the honour to confirm the understanding stated in your Excellency's Note with respect to the application of the Agreement on Commerce between the Commonwealth of Australia and Japan signed today to the areas specified in Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
I avail myself, Excellency, of this opportunity to renew assurances of my highest consideration.
J. McEwen
Minister for Trade
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
Tokyo