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1930. NEW ZEALAND

LONDON NAVAL TREATY, 1930. SIGNED AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE, LONDON, ON TUESDAY, 22nd APRIL, 1930.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly of New Zealand by Command of His Excellency.

The President of the United States of America, the President of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, His Majesty the King of Italy, and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Desiring to prevent the dangers and reduce the burdens inherent in competitive armaments, and Desiring to carry forward the work begun by the Washington Naval Conference and to facilitate the progressive realization of general limitation and reduction of armaments, Have resolved to conclude a Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament, and have accordingly appointed as their Plenipotentiaries : The President of the United States of America : Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State ; Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to the Court of St. James ; Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy ; Joseph T. Robinson, Senator from the State of Arkansas ; David A. Reed, Senator from the State of Pennsylvania ; Hugh Gibson, Ambassador to Belgium; Dwight W. Morrow, Ambassador to Mexico ; The President of the French Republic : Mr. Andre Tardieu, Deputy, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of the Interior; Mr. Aristide Briand, Deputy, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Mr. Jacques-Louis Dumesnil, Deputy, Minister of Marine ; Mr. Francois Pietri, Deputy, Minister of the Colonies ; Mr. Aime-Joseph de Fleuriau, Ambassador of the French Republic at the Court of St. James ;

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