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1 ⅠNote from Mr. Clement A.K. Tsien, Ambassador of the Republic of China , to H.R.H. Crown Prince Tupouto'a Minister of For-eign Affairs of the Kingdom of Tonga CE-1811 June 10, 1982. The Ambassador of the Republic of China, Mr. Clement A.K. T-sien, presents his compliments to the Minister of Foreign A-ffairs of the Kingdom of Tonga, H.R.H. Crown Prince Tupouto'a, and has the honor, under instructions, to state as follo-ws: In view of the fact that the International Convention on To-nnage Measurement of Ships 1969, signed 1969 May-June in Lo-ndon, will come into force on June 18, 1982, and further inview of the fact that although the Republic of China is nota party to the said Convention, it is nevertheless willingand has so decided to abide by the provisions of the said C-onvention, in the interest of international shipping, the G-overnment of the Republic of China would wish to propose, onthe basis of principles of equality and reciprocity and fur-ther in view of the friendly relations existion between thetwo countries, that the Republic of China and the Kingdom ofTonga undertake to abide by the provisions of the said Conv-ention, recognize the validity of the International TonnageCertificates issued by the competent authorities of eitherGovernment so as to enable and facilitate the call at the v-arious international ports by the merchant ships of the Rep-ublic of China. If such a proposal as appears hereabove is acceptable to theGovernment of the Kingdom of Tonga, then the present Note a-nd the Note in reply from the Minister confirming such acce-ptance shall be considered as constituting an agreement bet-ween our two countries on this matter. The Ambassador will appreciate it highly if the Minister wi-ll be good enough to give him a reply as soon as possible.The Ambassador of the Republic of China avails himself of t-his opportunity to renew to the Minister of Foreign Affairsof the Kingdom of Tonga the assurances of his highest consi-deration. ⅡNote from H.R.H. Crown Prince Tupouto'a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Tonga, to Mr. Clement A.K. Tsien,Ambassador of the Republic of China F. 30/6/34 The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence of Tonga H.R.H.Crown Prince Tupouto'a presents his compliments to the Amba-ssador of the Republic of China, Mr. Clement A.K. Tsien andhas the honour to refer to Note Verbale CE-1811 of 10 June 1982 which reads as follows:- ”In view of the fact that the international Convention onTonnage Measurement of Ships 1969, signed 1969 May-June inLondon, will come into force on July 18, 1982, and furtherin view of the fact that although the Republic of China isnot a party to the said Convention, it is nevertheless will-ing and has so decided to aside by the provisions of the sa-id Convention in the interest of international shipping, theGovernment of the Republic of China would wish to propse, onthe basis of principles of equality and reciprocity and fur-ther in view of the friendly relations existing between thetwo countries, that the Republic of China and the Kingdom ofTonga undertake to abide by the provisions of the said Conv-ention, recognize the validity of the International TonnageCertificates issued by the competent authorities of eitherGovernment so as to enable and facilitate the call at the v-arious international ports by the merchant ships of the Rep-ublic of China. If such a proposal as appears hereabove is acceptable to theGovernment of the kingdom of Tonga, then the present Note a-nd the Note in reply from the Minister confirming such acce-ptance shall be considered as constituting an agreement bet-ween our two countries on this matter.” The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence of Tonga has f-urther the honour to inform the Ambassador of the Republicof China that His Majesty's Government accepts the aforemen-tioned proposal and that Note CE-1811 of 10 June, 1982 andthis Note of reply will constitute an agreement between ourtwo countries on this matter. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence of Tonga availshimself of this opportunity to renew to the Ambassador of t-he Republic of China the assurances of his highest consider-ation. Embassy of the Republic of China, NUKU' ALOFA. 12 July 1982.