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 58 STAT.] SWEDEN-AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-DEC. 16, 1944 B. Airlines of Sweden authorized under the present agreement are accorded rights of transit and non-traffic stop in the territory of the United States, as well as the right to pick up and discharge inter- national traffic in passengers, cargo and mail at New York or Chicago, on the following route: Stockholm, via intermediate points, to New York or Chicago; in both directions. You will, of course, understand that this agreement may be affected by subsequent legislation enacted by the Congress of the United States. I shall be glad to have you inform me whether it is the understand- ing of your Government that the terms of the agreement resulting from the negotiations are as above set forth. If so, it is suggested that January 1, 1945 become the effective date. If your Government Effective date. concurs in this suggestion the Government of the United States will regard it as becoming effective at such time. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: STOKELEY W. MORGAN The Honorable W. BOSTROM, Minister of Sweden. The Swedish Minister to the Secretary of State LEGATION OF SWEDEN WASHINGTON 8, D. C. DECEMBIR 16, 1944 SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of Deceim- ber 16, 1944 in which you communicated to me the terms of a recipro- cal air transport agreement between Sweden and the United States of America, as understood by you to have been agreed to in negotiations, now terminated, between the Delegations of the Royal Swedish Gov- ernment and the Government of the United States at the International Civil Aviation Conference in Chicago. The terms of this agreement which you have communicated to me are as follows: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SWEDEN RELATING TO AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES The Governments of the United States of America and Sweden signed on September 8 and 9, 1933, an air navigation arrangement 48Stat. 17n. relating to the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the territory of the other country, in which each party agreed that consent for the operations over its territory by air transport companies of the other party might not be refused on unreasonable or arbitrarygrounds. Pursuant to the aforementioned arrangement of 1933, the two Govern- 1469

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