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 3673 61 STAT.] ITALY-MILITARY AND CIVIL AFFAIRS-SEPT. 3,1947 ANNEX FIRST PART 1. (a) The United States Forces, including their equipment and stores, shall continue to enjoy, generally, those immunities and facilities which have been afforded them hitherto, when present in or passing through Italian territory. In availing themselves of such immunities and facilities, the United States Forces will take due ac- count of the interests of the Italian people. (b) Supplementary agreements on points of detail have been and will be made between the United States High Command and the appro- priate Italian authorities. 2. (a) The United States Forces shall, in agreement with the compe- tent Italian authorities, continue to enjoy such facilities for move- ment within Italian territory, including Italian waters and the air space above Italian territory, ts are necessary for their complete and rapid withdrawal. (b) The Italian Government agrees to accord to the United States Forces all facilities afforded by Italian ports (including dockyards, dry docks, and ship repairing facilities), public services, plants, rail- roads, land waterways, telecommunications and airports which the Commanding General may request to effect prompt withdrawal qf the United:States Forces, for which purpose the Italian Government will afford the necessary priorities. In particular, the Italian Government agrees that, for mutual con- venience, special areas in Italian ports may continue to bedesignated by the Commanding General for the exclusive use of the United States Forces. The Commanding General may continue to police such areas and to have control of the operation of port facilities therein. The Italian Government also agrees that the Commanding General shall have all rights necessary for the creation and maintenance, for such time as shall appear necessary, of such ports, camps, stations, hospi- tals, warehouses, depots, staging areas and such other military facili- ties or installations which he may consider necessary for the purposes of this agreement. (c) The United States High Command shall be entitled to partici- pate, on the basis of agreements to be made with the competent Italian authorities, in any organization that the Italian authorities may set up for the control and safety of air traffic and of aircraft flying over Italian territory. 3.) Pending the completion of their withdrawal, the United States Forces may continue to make use of such buildings which they at present occupy, for so long as the United States High Command may consider necessary. All buildings will be evacuated as soon as possible and in any case no later than the ninetieth day after the coming into force of the Peace Treaty except for some warehouses which may be required for a short period thereafter for the storage of equipment which is to be usedl up to the date of final withdrawal and which cannot be ahipped on that date.

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