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 1607 60 STAT.] BELGIUM-AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-APR. 5, 1946 The American Chargg d'Affaires ad interim to the Belgian Acting Minister for ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 542 Brussels, February 1, 1946 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's note of February 1, 1946, reading as follows: "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Note no. 371, of October 25, 1945, by which you were good enough to propose put- ting into effect on a provisional basis the draft agreement for estab- lishment of civil aviation lines, which is at present the subject of negotiations between our two Governments. "The Belgian Government likewise is desirous of not hindering the establishment of air transport services which are actually con- sidered possible and desirable pending conclusion of these negotia- tions and without prejudicing the results thereof. "In consequence, it would agree to put this draft, which more- over conforms in its nine articles to Resolution VIII adopted by the Chicago Conference, into force provisionally, in order to facili- tate the prompt establishment of the following civil air services: A. Airline operators of the United States of America authorized under this agreement are accorded rights of transit and non- traffic stop in the territory of Belgium, as well as the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail at Brussels, on the following route: The United States over the North Atlantic to London, Brussels, and thence to India via intermediate points in Central Europe and the Near East; in both directions. B. Airline operators of Belgium authorized under this agreement are accorded rights of transit and non-traffic stop in the territory of the United States of America, as well as the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passen- gers, cargo and mail at New York, on the following route: Belgium via intermediate points over the North Atlantic to New York; in both directions. "While it is recognized that operating conditions may necessitate the changing of equipment at intermediary stops, it is understood that this right cannot be availed of for the purpose of changing the long range character of the services described. "The airline operators designated by each Government to operate the services described above may be required to qualify before the competent aeronautical authorities of the other government under the regulations and requirements normally applied by these author- ities, before being permitted to engage in the operations contem- plated by this agreement.

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