Protocol to the Manila Pact
United States · 1954AUTHOR — United States
Protocol to the Manila Pact, September 8, 1954 (1)
Designation of States and Territory as to which provisions of Article IV and Article III are to be applicable
The Parties to the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty unanimously designate for the purposes of Article IV of the Treaty the States of Cambodia and Laos and the free territory under the jurisdiction of the State of Vietnam.
The Parties further agree that the above mentioned states and territory shall be eligible in respect of the economic measures contemplated by Article III.
This Protocol shall enter into force simultaneously with the coming into force of the Treaty.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Protocol to the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty.
Done at Manila, this eighth day of September, 1954.
(1) TIAS 3170, 6 UST 87-89. Ratification advised by the Senate Feb. 1, 1955; ratified by the President Feb. 4, 1955; entered into force Feb. 19, 1955. Back
Source:<br>American Foreign Policy 1950-1955<br>Basic Documents Volumes I and II<br>Department of State Publication 6446<br>General Foreign Policy Series 117<br>Washington, DC : U.S. Governemnt Printing Office, 1957