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My understanding was that the protocol of 30th June 1938 amended Article 4, Paragraph (1) which was the displacement increase from 35,000 to 45,000 tons and invoked the escalator clause of Article 4, Paragraph (2) increasing the maximum gun calibre from 14 inches to 16 inches.

That's what I meant by the above sentence which could have been written more clearly.

However, having reviewed the 27 pages of The Protocol Signed June 30, 1938 by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom Providing for Naval Escalation Under The Treaty of March 25, 1936 that I downloaded from the Library of Congress of website it appears that the Protocol increased the maximum displacement to 45,000 tons but only confirmed the increase to 16" gun calibre under the escalator clause of Paragraph 4 (2) and that the latter was invoked on 31st March 1938 rather than April 1937. See below.

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My understanding was that the protocol of 30th June 1938 amended Article 4, Paragraph (1) which was the displacement increase from 35,000 to 45,000 tons and invoked the escalator clause of Article 4, Paragraph (2) increasing the maximum gun calibre from 14 inches to 16 inches.That's what I meant by the above sentence which could have been written more clearly.However, having reviewed the 27 pages of The Protocol Signed June 30, 1938 by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom Providing for Naval Escalation Under The Treaty of March 25, 1936 that I downloaded from the Library of Congress of website it appears that the Protocol increased the maximum displacement to 45,000 tons but only confirmed the increase to 16&quot; gun calibre under the escalator clause of Paragraph 4 (2) and that the latter was invoked on 31st March 1938 rather than April 1937. See below.
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[QUOTE="NOMISYRRUC, post: 534822, member: 2134"] [CENTER] [ATTACH type="full"]678781[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] My understanding was that the protocol of 30th June 1938 amended Article 4, Paragraph (1) which was the displacement increase from 35,000 to 45,000 tons and invoked the escalator clause of Article 4, Paragraph (2) increasing the maximum gun calibre from 14 inches to 16 inches. That's what I meant by the above sentence which could have been written more clearly. However, having reviewed the 27 pages of [I]The Protocol Signed June 30, 1938 by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom Providing for Naval Escalation Under The Treaty of March 25, 1936[/I] that I downloaded from the Library of Congress of website it appears that the Protocol increased the maximum displacement to 45,000 tons but only confirmed the increase to 16" gun calibre under the escalator clause of Paragraph 4 (2) and that the latter was invoked on 31st March 1938 rather than April 1937. See below. [CENTER] [ATTACH type="full"]678779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]678780[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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