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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. June 18, 196 IT.I.A. S.1862] Pods, p. 4095. Transfer to Provi- sional Government of French Republic. Agreement between the United States of America and France respecting air service facilities in French territory. Effected by exchange of notes signed at ParisJune 18, 1946; entered into force June 18, 1946. The American Ambassador to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 1516 Paris, June 18, 1946 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to invite Your Excellency's attention to the air navigation, communication, and weather facilities installed at the following places in French territory by the United States military services: A. METROPOLITAN FRANCE: Cape Camerat, Corbigny, Dieppe, Domfront, Istres-le-Tube (Marseille), Le Havre, Lyon, Mari- gnane (Marseille), Nantes, Orly, Querqueville (Cherbourg), St. Renan (Brest), Toulouse, Trappes, Paretta (Corsica): B. ALGERIA: Bone, Maison Blanche (Algiers), Oran; C. TUNISIA: Gabes, Tunis; D. FRENCH MOROCCO: Agadir, Cazes Air Base (Casablanca), Mek- nes, Port Lyautey; E. FRENCH GUIANA: Rochambeau (Cayenne); F. INDO-CHINA: Saigon; G. FRENCH OCEANIA: Bora Bora (Society Islands), Tontouta (New Caledonia); and H. SENEGAL: Dakar. A list of the installations at these points is now being prepared and will be forwarded to Your Excellency for inclusion as an Annex to this letter.['] As those installations may later become surplus to United States military requirements, it is the intention of my Govern- ment that they, together with one year's supply of maintenance parts and expendable supplies wherever theater surplus stocks permit, should be transferred to the Provisional Government of the French Republic. In addition, the Government of the United States of America, through either the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, CAA, or private agency, will do everything possible to assist the Government of France or its representatives in purchasing, through regular com- mercial channels, maintenance parts and expendable supplies for the operation of the facilities. I[By airgram, 1461, dated Dec. 13, 1948, to the Secretary of State from the American Ambassador at Paris the Department was informed that: ". .. no list of the installations was subsequently prepared.L 4088

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