2. Such Consular Officers and Agents, however, shall not enter upon their functions until they shall have been approved and admitted by the Government to which they are sent.
3. They shall be entitled on condition of reciprocity to exercise all the powers and enjoy all the honours, privileges, exemptions and immunities of every kind which are, or may be, accorded to Consular Officers of the most favoured nation.
4. The Government of each Party shall have the right to acquire and own land and buildings required for diplomatic or consular premises in the territories of the other Party and also to erect buildings in such territories for the purposes stated, subject to local building regulations.
5. Lands and buildings situated in the territories of either Party of which the other Party is the rightful owner and which are used exclusively for governmental purposes by that owner shall be exempt from taxation of every kind, National, State, Provincial and Municipal, other than assessments levied for services or local public improvements by which the premises are benefited.
6. In case of the death of a national of either Party in the territory of the other without having in the locality of his decease any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall at once inform the nearest Consular Officer of the State of which the deceased was a national of the fact of his death, in order that necessary information may be forwarded to the parties interested.
7. In case of the death of a national of either of the Parties without will or testament, in the territory of the other Party, the Consular Officer of the State of which the deceased was a national and within whose district the deceased made his home at the time of death, shall, so far as the laws of the country permit and pending the appointment of an administrator and until letters of administration have been granted, be deemed qualified to take charge of the property left by the decedent for the preservation and protection of the same. Such Consular Officer shall have the right to be appointed as administrator within the discretion of a tribunal or other agency controlling the administration of estates provided the laws of the place where the estate is administered so permit.
8. In case of the death of a national of either of the Parties without will or testament and without any known heirs resident in the country of his decease, the Consular Officer of the country of which the deceased was a national shall be appointed administrator of the estate of the deceased, provided the regulations of his own Government permit such appointment and provided such appointment is not in conflict with local law and the tribunal having jurisdiction has no special reasons for appointing someone else.
9. Whenever a Consular Officer accepts the office of administrator of the estate of a deceased countryman, he subjects himself as such to the jurisdiction of the tribunal or other agency making the appointment for all necessary purposes to the same extent as a national of the country where he was appointed.
The provisions of this agreement shall terminate, except for numbered paragraphs 4 and 5, on entry into force, with respect to the two Parties, of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations insofar as such provisions are covered by it. Either Party may terminate this agreement by giving to the other Party one year's written notice of termination.
If the foregoing meets with the approval of the Government of Thailand, I have the honour to propose that this note and Your Excellency's note agreeing thereto shall constitute an agreement between our two Governments which, after exchange of ratifications thereof, shall enter into force on the date upon which the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations signed this day enters into force.
It is understood that, if the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations enters into force with respect to our two Governments before entry into force of the present agreement, only numbered paragraphs 4 and 5 of, the present agreement, and such other provisions of this agreement as are not covered by that Convention, shall enter into force.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.
GRAHAM MARTIN
His Excellency
THANAT KHOMAN,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Bangkok.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SARANROM PALACE
No. 0603/17819
29th May, B.E; 25O9.
EXCELLENCY,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's
Note No. 898 of today's date, which reads as follows:
"I have the honour to refer to the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations signed this day and to Articles 14 and 15 of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Bangkok on November 13, 1937, and to propose that our two Governments agree as follows:
1. Each of the Parties may appoint Consuls General, Consuls, Vice Consuls and other Consular Officers or Agents to reside in the towns and ports of the territories of the other where similar officers of any other Power are permitted to reside.
2. Such Consular Officers and Agents, however, shall not enter upon their functions until they shall have been approved and admitted by the Government to which they are sent.
3. They shall be entitled on condition of reciprocity to exercise all the powers and enjoy all the honours, privileges, exemptions and immunities of every kind which are, or may be, accorded to Consular Officers of the most favoured nation.
4. The Government of each Party shall have the right to acquire and own land and buildings required for diplomatic or consular premises in the territories of the other Party and also to erect buildings in such territories for the purposes stated, subject to local building regulations.
5. Lands and buildings situated in the territories of either Party of which the other Party is the rightful owner and which are used exclusively for governmental purposes by that owner shall be exempt from taxation of every kind, National, State, Provincial and Municipal, other than assessments levied for services or local public improvements by which the premises are benefited.
6. In case of the death of a national of either Party in the territory of the other without having in the locality of his decease any known heirs or testamentary executors by him appointed, the competent local authorities shall at once inform the nearest Consular Officer of the State of which the deceased was a national of the fact of his death, in order that necessary information may be forwarded to the parties interested.
7. In case of the death of a national of either of the Parties without will or testament, in the territory of the other Party, the Consular Officer of the State of which the deceased was a national and within whose district the deceased made his home at the time of death, shall, so far as the laws of the country permit and pending the appointment of an administrator and until letters of administration have been granted, be deemed qualified to take charge of the property left by the decedent for the preservation and protection of the same. Such Consular Officer shall have the right to be appointed as administrator within the discretion of a tribunal or other agency controlling the administration of estates provided the laws of the place where the estate is administered so permit.
8. In case of the death of a national of either of the Parties without will or testament and without any known heirs resident in the country of his decease, the Consular Officer of the country of which the deceased was a national shall be appointed administrator of the estate of the deceased, provided the regulations of his own Government permit such appointment and provided such appointment is not in conflict with local law and the tribunal having jurisdiction has no special reasons for appointing someone else.
9. Whenever a Consular Officer accepts the office of administrator of the estate of a deceased countryman, he subjects himself as such to the jurisdiction of the tribunal or other agency making the appointment for all necessary purposes to the same extent as a national of the country where he was appointed.
"The provisions of this agreement shall terminate, except for numbered paragraphs 4 and 5, on entry into force, with respect to the two Parties, of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations insofar as such provisions are covered by it. Either Party may terminate this agreement by giving to the other Party one year's written notice of termination.
"If the foregoing meets with the approval of the Government of Thailand, I have the honour to propose that this note and Your Excellency's note agreeing thereto shall constitute an agreement between our two Governments which, after exchange of ratifications thereof, shall enter into force on the date upon which the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations signed this day enters into force. It is understood that, if the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations enters into force with respect to our two Governments before entry into force of the present agreement, only numbered paragraphs 4 and 5 of the present agreement, and such other provisions of this agreement as are not covered by that Convention, shall enter into force."
In reply, I have the honour to state that the foregoing understanding is acceptable to the Royal Thai Government and that the present Note and Your Excellency's Note under reply constitute an Agreement between the United States and the Royal Thai Governments.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.
Th. KHOMAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
His Excellency
Monsieur GRAHAM MARTIN,
Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America,
Bangkok.
WHEREAS the Senate of the United States of America by its resolution of September 11, 1967, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein, did advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty, together with the two exchanges of notes;
WHEREAS the treaty, together with the two exchanges of notes, was ratified by the President of the United States of America on October 24, 1967, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, and has been duly ratified on the part of the Kingdom of Thailand;
WHEREAS the respective instruments of ratification of the treaty, together with the exchanges of notes, were duly exchanged at Washington, on May 8, 1968;
AND WHEREAS it is provided in Article, XIV of the treaty that the treaty shall enter into force one month after the date of exchange of ratifications; it is provided in one of the exchanges of notes that the agreement effected thereby shall enter into force on the date upon which the treaty enters into force; and the other exchange of notes is considered an integral part of the treaty;
Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and make public the said treaty, together with the related exchanges of notes, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled in good faith on and after June 8, 1968, one month after the date of exchange of ratifications, by the United States of America and by the citizens of the United States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred sixty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-third.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON [SEAL]
By the President:
DEAN RUSK
Secretary of State
[EXCHANGE OF NOTES]
No. 896
BANGKOK, May 29, 1966
EXCELLENCY:
With reference to the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations between the Government of Thailand and the Government of the United States of America, signed this day, I have the honour to confirm the understanding arrived at in regard to the interpretation of Article VII, paragraph 1, of the above-mentioned Treaty as follows:
It is the understanding of the Government of Thailand and the Government of the United States of America that the language of Article VII, paragraph 1(a) does not preclude the application by either Party of restrictions on the making of payments, remittances, and other transfers of funds to or from the territories of the other Party to the extent necessary to assure the financial stability and economic development of the country.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.
GRAHAM MARTIN
His Excellency
THANAT KHOMAN,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Bangkok.
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SARANROM PALACE
No. 0603/17817
29th May, B.E. 2509.
EXCELLENCY,
With reference to the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations between the Government of Thailand and the Government of the United States of America, signed this day, I have the honour to confirm the understanding arrived at in regard to the interpretation of Article VII, paragraph 1, of the above-mentioned Treaty as follows:
It is the understanding of the Government of Thailand and the Government of the United States of America that the language of Article VII, paragraph 1 (a) does not preclude the application by either Party of restrictions on the making of payments, remittances, and other transfers of funds to or from the territories of the other Party to the extent necessary to assure the financial stability and economic development of the country.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.
Th. KHOMAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
His Excellency
Monsieur GRAHAM MARTIN,
Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America,
Bangkok.
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