tar General of
Uliasoutai and the Chinese Amban of Kobdo. In view of the fact that
there are no detailed maps of Mongolia, and that the boundaries of the
administrative divisions of this country are ill-defined, it is hereby
agreed that the precise boundaries of Outer Mongolia, as well as the
delimitation of the district of Kobdo and the district of Altai, shall
be the subject of subsequent negotiations as provided for by Article V
of the Declaration.

The Undersigned seizes the present occasion to renew to His Excellency
Monsieur Krupensky the assurance of his highest consideration.

(Signed) SUN PAO CHI.

SINO-RUSSO MONGOLIAN AGREEMENT

(Translation from the French)

The President of the Republic of China, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor
of all Russias, and His Holiness the Bogdo Djembzoun Damba Khoutoukhtou
Khan of Outer Mongolia, animated by a sincere desire to settle by mutual
agreement various questions created by a new state of things in Outer
Mongolia, have named for that purpose their Plenipotentiary Delegates,
that is to say:

The President of the Republic of China, General Py-Koue-Fang and
Monsieur Tcheng-Loh, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
China to Mexico;

His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all Russias, His Councillor of
State, Alexandre Miller, Diplomatic Agent and Consul-General in
Mongolia; and His Holiness the Bogdo Djembzoun Damba Khoutoukhtou Khan
of Outer Mongolia, Erdeni Djonan Beise Shirnin Damdin, Vice-Chief of
Justice, and Touchetou Tsing Wang Tchakdourjab, Chief of Finance, who
having verified their respective full powers found in good and due form,
have agreed upon the following:

Article 1. Outer Mongolia recognizes the Sino-Russian Declaration and
the Notes exchanged between China and Russia of the fifth day of the
eleventh month of the second year of the Republic of China (23rd
October, 1913. Old style).

Art. 2. Outer Mongolia recognizes China's suzerainty. China and Russia
recognize the autonomy of Outer Mongolia forming part of Chinese
territory.

Art. 3. Autonomous Mongolia has no right to conclude international
treaties with foreign powers respecting political and territorial
questions.

As respects questions of a political and territorial nature in Outer
Mongolia, the Chinese Government engages to conform to Article II of the
Note exchanged between China and Russia on the fifth day of the eleventh
month of the second year of the Republic of Chin