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 2804 U. S. rights of trans- it and stop in Chi- nese territory. Chinese rights of transit and stop in U. S. territory. Equal opportunity. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. ANNEX A. Airlines of the United States authorized under the present Agreement are accorded rights of transit and nontraffic stop in Chinese territory, as well as the right to pick up and discharge international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail at Shanghai, Tientsin, and Canton, as well as at such additional points as may be agreed upon from time to time, on the following routes, via intermediate points in both directions: 1. The United States over a Pacific route to Tientsin and Shanghai and thence to the Philippine Islands and beyond, as well as beyond Shanghai via Route No. 3 described below. 2. The United States over a Pacific route to Shanghai and Canton and beyond. 3. The United States over an Atlantic route via intermediate points in Europe, Africa, the Near East, India, Burma and Indo- China to Canton and Shanghai and beyond. On each of the above routes the airline authorized to operate such route may operate nonstop flights between any of the points on such route omitting stops at one or more of the other points on such route. B. Airlines of China authorized under the present Agreement are accorded rights of transit and nontraffic 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 San Francisco, New York, and Honolulu, as well as at such additional points as may be agreed upon from time to time, on the following routes, via inter- mediate points in both directions: 1. China over a Pacific route via Tokyo, Kurile Islands, the Aleutian Islands and Alaska to San Francisco and beyond. 2. China over a Pacific route via the intermediate points of Manila, Guam, Wake, and Honolulu to San Francisco and beyond. 3. China over an Atlantic route via intermediate points in Indo- China, Burma, India, the Near East, Africa and Europe to New York and beyond. On each of the above routes the airline authorized to operate such route may operate nonstop flights between any of the points on such route omitting stops at one or more of the other points on such route. C. In the operation of the air services authorized under this Agree- ment, both contracting parties agree to the following principles and objectives: 1. Fair and equal opportunity for the airlines of each contracting party to operate air services on international routes, and the crea- tion of machinery to obviate unfair competition by unjustifiable increases of frequencies or capacity; 2. The elimination of formulae for the predetermination of frequencies or capacity or of any arbitrary division of air traffic between countries and their national airlines;

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