APPENDIX Q
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APPENDIX Q

COLONIAL STOCK

Draft Exchange of Notes between the Representative of the United Kingdom authorised to sign the Treaty of Establishment and Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Kutchuk

A.-Draft Note to Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Kutchuk

Your Excellencies,

I have the honour to refer to the Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus of to­day's date, and to request you to confirm that the Republic of Cyprus undertakes that it will submit to the jurisdiction of United Kingdom Courts in any action which may be brought in respect of stock which has, whether before or after the date of entry into force of that Treaty, been registered in the United Kingdom in accordance with the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as the Colonial Stock Acts, 1877 to 1948, as from time to time amended.

2. I have the honour to suggest that, if the undertaking proposed above is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, this Note, together with your reply to that effect, shall be regarded as constituting an agreement in this matter between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus which shall enter into force on to­day's date.

B.-Draft Reply by Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Kutchuk

Your Excellency,

We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Note of to­day's date which reads as follows:-

[text as above]

2. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus hereby gives the undertaking requested in that Note and we have the honour therefore to confirm that that Note, together with this reply, shall constitute an agreement accordingly.

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