MAKING PUBLIC THE TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship, designed to
strengthen and perpetuate the friendly relations so happily existing in a
manner befitting their spiritual, cultural, and economic ties, was concluded
and signed in the City of Manila on July 11, 1952, by and between the
respective plenipotentiaries of the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines and the Government of the Republic of India;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the
Philippines, by its Resolution No. 131 adopted on May 19, 1953, con­curred in
the making of the said Treaty in accordance with the Constitution of the
Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the
two Governments were exchanged in Manila on April 29, 1954;

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in said Treaty that it
shall enter into force upon the exchange of instruments of ratification;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Ramon
Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, have caused the said Treaty, a
certified copy of which is hereto attached, to be made public to the end that
the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the Republic of the Philippines and the citizens thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused to be affixed the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.

Done at Manila, this 10th day of December, in the
year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary