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

WHEREAS, a Treaty of Friendship between the
Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Cuba, designed to strengthen
and perpetuate the friendly relations so happily .existing between them in a
manner befitting their spiritual, cultural, and economic ties, was concluded
and signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the two Governments in
Washington, D. C, on the 3rd day of September, nineteen hundred and fifty-two;

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Congress of the
Philippines, by its Resolution No. 180, adopted on May 19, 1953, concurred in
the making of the said Treaty of Friendship in accordance with the Constitution
of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the instruments of ratification of the
two Governments were exchanged at Washington, D. C, on October 26, 1954;

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the said Treaty that
it shall enter into force upon the exchange of the 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 the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

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