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 Equal opportunity for operation. Adequate capacity. Right to embark, etc. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. the United States as well as the right to pick up and discharge inter- national traffic in passengers, cargo, and mail at New York, Boston and Miami on the following routes via intermediate points in both directions: 1. Lisbon via the Azores (a) to Bermuda, New York City and Boston, or (b) to Gander, Boston and New York City. 2. Lisbon via the Azores and Bermuda to Miami and beyond. SECTION II The contracting parties agree on the following: 1. That the air transport facilities available to the travelling public should bear a close relationship to the requirements of the public for such transport. 2. There shall be a fair and equal opportunity for the airlines of the two nations to operate on any route between their respective territories covered by the Agreement and this Annex. 3. That, in the operation by the air carriers of either Govern- ment of the trunk services described in this Annex, the interest of the air carriers of the other Government shall be taken into consideration so as not to affect unduly the services which the latter provides on all or part of the same routes. 4. It is understood by both Governments that services pro- vided by a designated airline under the Agreement and this Annex shall retain as their primary objective the provision of capacity adequate to the traffic demands between the country of which such airline is a national and the country of ultimate destination of the traffic. The right to embark or disembark on such services international traffic destined for and coming from third countries at a point or points on the routes specified in this Annex shall be applied in accordance with the general principles of orderly development to which both Governments subscribe and shall be subject to the general principle that capacity should be related: (a) To traffic requirements between the country of origin and the countries of destination; (b) To requirements of through airline operation; and (c) To the traffic requirements of the area through which the airline passes after taking account of local and regional services. Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. JOHN C. WILEY His Excellency Dr. JOSE CAEIRO DA MATA, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon.

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