WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of Thailand, designed to strengthen and perpetuate the friendly relations so happily existing between them in a manner befitting their spiritual, cultural and economic ties, was concluded and signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the two Governments at Washington, D. C., on June fourteen, nineteen hundred and forty-nine;

Whereas, the Senate of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 30, adopted on May 18, 1950, concurred in the making of the said Treaty of Friendship in accordance with the Constitution of the Philippines;

Whereas, the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged at Washington, D. C, on the first day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty; and

Whereas, it is stipulated in the said Treaty that-it shall enter into force upon the exchange of the instruments of ratification;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty, a certified copy of which is hereto attached, to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO

President of the Philippines

By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary