The Convention Between the United States and Great Britain (1930) was an agreement between the governments the United Kingdom and the United States to definitely delimit the boundary between

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(then a British protectorate) and the

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). The convention was signed in

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, on January 2, 1930, by

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and

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Esme Howard. It was

ratified Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inte ...

by the U.S. in February 1930 and, after clarification by exchanges of notes between the two governments in 1930 and 1932, by the United Kingdom in November 1932. It entered into force after an exchange of ratifications on December 13, 1932.

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Treaties concluded in 1930 Treaties entered into force in 1932 United Kingdom–United States treaties Boundary treaties Malaysia–Philippines border Borders of Malaysia Borders of the Philippines History of the Philippines (1898–1946) Interwar-period treaties {{Philippines-hist-stub