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Agreement on the Establishment of Direct Diplomatic Relations between Canada and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [1942] CATSer 6 (12 June 1942)

E101102 - CTS 1942 No. 12

AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

The Government of Canada and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have reached an agreement as follows:

(1) The two Governments have agreed to establish direct diplomatic relations and to exchange Ministers.

(2) The present agreement comes into force immediately after its signature and is not subject to ratification.

(3) The present agreement is made in two copies, each of them in the Russian and English languages. Both texts have equal force.

Vincent Massey

High Commissioner for Canada

Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky

Ambassador of the Soviet Union in London

LONDON, 12th June 1942