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taire de l’agence des Principautós-Unies pres la Sublime Porte”. The ru-ling prince in his letter to the Serbian prince makes the following recom-mendation characteristic of letters of eredential: “Je prie Y.A.S. d’assurer k mon agent un honorable accueil et d’accorder crćance pleine et entiere a tout ce qu’il lui dira de ma part ...” ³²

The eredential letters of the Serbian diplomatic agent in Bucharest were presented in accordance with the rules and usages of diplomatic ceremoniał: “Le choix de M. Constantin Magasinovitch, membre de la Haute Cour de Cassation, en ąualitó d’agent de la Serbie aupres de mon Gouvernement — communicated the rulmg prince of the United Princi-palities to the ruhng prince of Serbia — m’a ćtś particuhćrement agrćable et je ne doute pas qu’il contribue justement a entretenir et a dśvelopper de bonnes relations qui existent si heureusement entre nos pays”. ³³ The agencies in Belgrade and Bucharest had the following features, specific to modern diplomatic offices : (a) they were established accordmg to the rules of international law regulating the embassy right exercised by soyereign States;³⁴ the accrediting procedurę expressed the direct contact between States, excluding all possible limitations or authorizations resulting from Ottoman suzerainty and from the guarantee of the Po-wers ;⁸⁵ they were official and permanent, based upon the principle of reciprocity specific to the modern organization of international relations. ³⁸ Organized according to modern principles, they were an integral part of the state system of organs for international relations.³⁷ The Powers implicitly recognized the diplomatic status of the United Principalities’ agent in Belgrade ³⁸ and of the Serbian agent in Bucharest. ³⁹

³²    See Prince of the United Principalities to the Serbian Prince, Bucharest^ March 27/Aprjl 8, 1863 in “Agency ” Annex no. 4, p 28; with regard to aecieditation, see also idem, Bu-charest, July 5/17, 1863, loc cit, annex no. 6, pp 29—30; Prince of Serbia to Prince of the United Principalities, Belgrade, July 26/August 7, 1863, Library of the Academy, MS Section, Cuza Archwes, vol XLVII, sheet 326^r — 327^r ; T Callimaki to the ruhng Prince, Belgrade, July 16 28, 1863, MAE, vol. no 278, sheet 44^r-45^v

³³    See ”Agency Annex No. 4, p 28

⁸⁴ See G G Florescu, Aspecte prwind dezuoltarea relafulor internafionale ale Pnncipatelor — Unitę (1859—1866) (Aspects concernmg the development of the International relations of the United Principalities (1859 — 1866), in “Studn” (Studies), Year XVII (1964), no. 1, pp 67    85

³⁶ See MAE, vol no 278, sheet 32^y.

³⁶ Cf Gr. Geamónu, Dreptał International Conlemporan (Contemporary International Law), Bucharest, 1965, p 399 — 445; Drept International (International Law) by F. I Kojeunikou and others, Ed. $lnntifica, Bucharest, 1959, p. 308 —332, Ch Rousseau, Droit International public, Pans, 1953, p. 334 — 347

⁸⁷ See Library of the Academy, MS Section, Cuza Archwes, vol V, sheet 277^r —278^v; vol. XIV, sheet 98^r; vol no. XXII, sheet 61^r; vol. no. XXXIII, sheet 48^r — 49^r; MAE, Packet no 285, file no 17, State Archwes, Bucharest, Mimstry of Finance, Fund 160/1863.

⁸¹ The United Pnncipalities’ agent m Serbia was member of the consular corps of Belgrade, with the following attnbutes . he borę the character and denommation of a political agent mentioned in official documents — with evident diplomatic and not consular attnbutes, only with certam diplomatic attnbutes (Cf D. Zeller, Histoire des relations internationales under the dnection of P. Renouuin, vol. II, Les temps modernes, P I. Pans, 1953, p 12 According