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PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE. At the moment of signing the Treaty bearing this day's date, the undersigned, duly authorized to that effect by their respective Governments, have agreed as follows:— (1) If, before the coming into force of the above-mentioned Treaty, the naval construction of any Power, or any change of circumstances, should appear likely to render undesirable the coming into force of the Treaty in its present form, the Powers on behalf of which the Treaty has been signed will consult as to whether it is desirable to modify any of its terms to meet the situation thus presented. (2) In the event of the Treaty not coming into force on the Ist January, 1937, the above-mentioned Powers will, as a temporary measure, promptly communicate to one another, after the laying-down, acquisition, or completion of any vessels in the categories or sub-categories mentioned in Article 12 (a) of the Treaty, the information detailed below concerning all such vessels laid down between the Ist January, 1937, and the date of the coming into force of the Treaty, provided, however, that this obligation shall not continue after Ist July, 1937: — Name or designation: Classification of the vessel: Standard displacement in tons and metric tons: Principal dimensions at standard displacement—namely, length at waterline and extreme beam at or below waterline: Mean draught at standard displacement: Calibre of the largest gun. (3) The present Protocol, of which the French and English texts shall both be equally authentic, shall come into force on this day's date. It shall be deposited in the Archives of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which will transmit certified copies thereof to the Governments of the countries for which the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament was signed in London on the 22nd April, 1930. In faith whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol and have affixed thereto their seals. Done in London, the 25th day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Norman H. Davis. Stanhope. William 11. Standley. Vincent Massey. Charles Corbin. S. M. Bruce. Robert G. C. J. Parr. Anthony Eden. R. A. Butler, Monsell. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL. The undersigned Plenipotentiaries express the hope that the system of Advance Notification and Exchange of Information will be continued by international agreement after the expiration of the Treaty bearing this day's date, and that it may be possible in any future Treaty to achieve some further measure of reduction in naval armament. Done in London, the 25th day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Norman H. Davis. Stanhope. William H. Standley. Vincent Massey. Charles Corbin. S. M. Bruce. Robert G. C. J. Parr. Anthony Eden. R. A. Butler. Monsell.

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