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 57 STAT.] PANAMA-LEASE OF DEFENSE SITES-MAY 18, 1942 [Translation] MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS No. 3590 DIPLOMATIC DIVISION PANAMA, May 18, 1942. EXCELLENCY: I have the pleasure of acknowledging receipt of your note of this date reading as follows: [Here follows the text of note 313 of May 18, 1942 from the Amer- A nt p. 1244. ican Ambassador to the Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs.] In reply, I have the honor to confirm the agreement we have reached, as set forth in the note quoted above. It gives me pleasure to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. OCTAVIO FABREGA Minister of ForeignAffairs. His Excellency EDWIN C. WILSON, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America. City. The American Ambassador to the PanamanianMinister of Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 314. Panamd, May 18, 1942. EXCELLENCY: With reference to the Agreement for the lease of the defense sites signed today, I have the honor to confirm the understanding reached during the negotiations to the effect that the two areas under tempo- rary use for purposes of maneuvers by the Combat Teams near Cho- rrera (approximately 530 hectares) and near Pacora (approximately 1,010 hectares), may continue to be so used for the period of one year from this date, but that if after May 18, 1943, such use should still be considered essential by both Governments for the protection of the Panama Canal, then the two areas in question will be regarded as defense sites and will be added to the Memorandum annexed to the defense sites Agreement, becoming subject as from that date to all the terms and conditions of said Agreement. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consider- ation. EDWIN C. WILSON. His Excellency Sefior Doctor Don OCTAVIO FABREGA, Minister for Foreign Affairs. 1245

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