No. 2 Mr. W. J. Jordan to Mr. P. P. Prebensen New Zealand Government Offices, 415, Strand, London W.C. 2, 22 November 1949. Your Excellency, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of to-day's date in which you inform me that, in order to facilitate travel to New Zealand and Norwegian territories, the Royal Norwegian Government are prepared to conclude with the New Zealand Government an agreement in the following terms : [As in No. 1] 2. I have the honour to inform you that the New Zealand Government are prepared to accept the foregoing provisions and that your note and the present reply in similar terms shall be regarded as placing on record the agreement between the two Governments, which shall take effect on Ist January, 1950. I have, &c., W. J. JORDAN. Approximate Cos' of Paper.—Preparation, not given printing 534 (copies), £5.

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