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 3682 Sale. Transfer to private ownership. 08 Stat. 1384 . Removal from Canada. 67 Stat. 1414 . INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. annulment of those provisions, thereby permitting dismantlement of the facilities if that course should be desired by the United States authorities or its successors in interest. In the event that the Canadian Government concurs in the foregoing, my Government further desires to propose the following plans to cover the disposition of the crude oil facilities of the Canol Project: 1. It is proposed to advertise the sale of the crude oil facilities in the press of both Canada and the United States. The following general principles will be observed in selling and disposing of the facilities. A. (i) The United States Government may, if it so desires, transfer the crude oil facilities of the Canol Project, or any part thereof, to private ownership, subject to the laws of Canada and the territory or territories in which such facilities are situate. Such transfer shall be exempt from import duties and excise taxes. (ii) The land, rights of way, riparian rights and other ease- ments, supplied by and owned by the Canadian Government and required for the satisfactory utilization of the facilities, may be leased or acquired by the purchaser or purchasers on equitable terms from the Canadian Government under the laws of Canada and the territory or territories concerned. (iii) The land, rights of way, riparian rights and other ease- ments, supplied by but not owned by the Canadian Government and required for the satisfactory utilization of the facilities, will be ac- quired by the Canadian Government and transferred to the pur- chaser or purchasers at his or their expense if such purchaser or pur- chasers are unable to lease or acquire such land, rights of way, ripar- ian rights and easements on equitable terms from the owners. (iv) Subject to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) of this para- graph, the purchaser or purchasers shall enjoy the rights set forth in paragraph 3 (b) of my note of June 7, 1944, as interpreted by section 4 of the same note. (v) The facilities, together with the land, rights of way, ripar- ian rights and other easements leased or acquired by the new owner or owners shall be held and, if operated, shall be operated under the laws of Canada and the territory or territories in which they are situate. No owner, however, would be obligated to operate the facilities. B. If the United States Government does not dispose of any or all of the facilities under the terms of paragraph A above, the Govern- ment, its agents, or its successors in interest may remove from Can- ada such of the facilities as they may elect to remove for use in the United States or elsewhere. It is understood that if the United States, its agents, or its successors in interest do elect to remove any or all of the facilities, the Canadian Government will facilitate such operations by providing for continuance of the rights referred to under paragraph 4 (b) and 4 (d) of the American note of June 27,1942. It is not intended to give either A or B above precedence

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