WHEREAS, the Senate of the Philippines, by its Resolution No. 98 adopted on May 22, 1952, concurred in the ratification 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 instruments of ratification of the two Governments were exchanged at Manila on November twenty, nineteen hundred and fifty-three; 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, Ramon Magsaysay, 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 22nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary