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AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES

Exchange of notes at Paris December 28 and 29, 1945, supplementing

agreement of July 15, 1939

Entered into force December 29, 1945

Superseded by agreement of March 27, 19461

No. 1022

61 Stat. (4) 3474; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1679

The American Ambassador to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

EXCELLENCY:

EMBASSY OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Paris, December 28, 1945

I have the honor to refer to the Air Transport Agreement concluded between the Governments of the United States and France by an exchange of notes dated July 15, 1939.2

As Your Excellency is aware, it is the desire of my Government to see the restoration of international civil air services at the earliest practicable date. I venture to inquire, therefore, if Your Excellency's Government would be disposed, in view of the existing Agreement, to grant authorization for American air carriers to operate over the following routes:

1. The United States via intermediate points over a North Atlantic route to Paris and beyond via intermediate stops in Switzerland, Italy and Greece to the Near East and India; in both directions.

2. The United States via intermediate points over a North Atlantic route to Lisbon, Barcelona and Marseille; in both directions.

In making this request, I should state that my Government desires that the American carriers concerned shall have the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passengers, mail and cargo at the points in French territory named above.

Although it is unknown at this moment the number of schedules the American operators would be prepared to perform, it is hoped that Your

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Excellency's Government would be disposed to permit a greater frequency than the two flights weekly accorded in the Air Transport Agreement under reference.

My Government suggests that the addition to the existing Agreement, which would be constituted by the present letter together with a favorable response from Your Excellency, should be subject to termination at any time by either Government on one month's notice in writing to the other. I take this occasion to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

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Your Excellency has been so good as to send me, under the date of yesterday, the following letter:

[For text of U.S. letter, see above.]

I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that pending the conclusion of a new general agreement on this matter, the French Government is quite disposed, with reference to the Arrangement for the Operation of Air Transport Services dated July 15, 1939, to grant to United States air carriers the right to pick up and discharge, in international traffic, passengers, mail and cargo at Paris and Marseille on the above-mentioned routes, under the following conditions.

A. The Government of the United States will grant to French airlines the same rights on the following routes:

1. France via intermediate points over a North Atlantic route to New York and Washington; in both directions.

2. France via intermediate points over a North Atlantic route to Montreal and Chicago; in both directions.

B. In the establishment and technical and commercial operation of the long range services mentioned above, the airlines of each of the two countries shall take into consideration the interests of the airlines of the other in order

not to affect unduly the services which the latter perform on all or part of the same routes.

The right of the airlines of each country to embark and disembark, in the cities and on the routes enumerated above, passengers, mail and goods destined to or coming from third countries, is accorded with the view to permitting more economical operation of the long range services performed by the said airlines, such services to retain as their primary objective the connection between the country of which each airline is a national and the country of ultimate destination.

I would add that the French Government will consider favorably the requests which may be presented to it by the Government of the United States for flights in addition to the two per week provided in the existing Agreement, it being understood that the French Government will have benefit of the same frequencies.

Conforming to the proposal made by the Government of the United States, the French Government agrees that the addition to the existing Agreement, constituted by the present communication together with the letter from Your Excellency of today's date, may be terminated at any time by either Government, such denunciation to take effect at the expiration of one month following written notification to the other Government.

Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my very high consideration.

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I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's letter of today's date quoting my letter of December 28 on the subject of air transport services between the United States and France and adding the following:

[For text of French note, see above.]

I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the foregoing provisions are acceptable to the Government of the United States.

I take this occasion to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.

His Excellency

Monsieur GEORGES BIDAULT,

Minister of Foreign Affairs,

Paris.

JEFFERSON CAFFERY

PURCHASE OF NATURAL RUBBER

Exchange of notes at Washington January 28 and February 7, 1946
Entered into force February 7, 1946

Expired June 30, 1946

60 Stat. 1690; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1525

The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

WASHINGTON

Jan 28 1946

EXCELLENCY:

I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America is prepared to enter into an agreement for the purchase of all natural rubber allocated from all French areas in the Far East to the United States of America by the Combined Raw Materials Board, or successor body, according to the following terms:

The Rubber Development Corporation, which is the agency of the Government of the United States of America which has been designated to negotiate for and effect the purchase of all natural rubber allocated to the United States of America by the Combined Raw Materials Board or successor body, shall purchase from the Government of France all natural rubber which has been or shall be so allocated from all French areas in the Far East at a price of 2014 cents United States curency per pound for standard top grades with appropriate differentials for other types and grades, at Far Eastern port free on board ocean going steamer destined for United States port. This price shall be paid on all rubber covered by ocean bills of lading bearing dates between September 2, 1945 (VJ Day) and June 30, 1946, inclusive. Payment for such rubber will be effected by the opening of an appropriate letter or letters of credit in favor of such agency of the Government of France as shall be designated (or such other method of payment as may be mutually agreed upon); which letters of credit shall provide for payment against shipping documents endorsed "on board" ocean going steamer evidencing that the rubber has been shipped consigned to "Recon

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