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 4122 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United States of Brazil, considering: - that the ever-growing possibilities of commercial aviation are of increasing importance; - that this means of transportation because of its essential characteristics, permitting rapid connections,provides the best means for bringing nations together; - that it is desirable to organize in a safe and orderly form regular international air services, without prejudiceto national and regional interests, having in mind the development of in ternational cooperation in the field of air transport; - that it is necessary to conclude an agreement to secure regular air communications between the two countries have appointed for this purpose their Plenipoten tiaries as follows: The President of the United States of America, His Excellency William Douglas Pawley, Ambassador Extraordinary and Ple- nipotentiary in Brazil, and His Excellency James McCauley Landis, Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board; The President of the United States of Brazil,His Excellenoy Samuel de Sousa-Leao Gracie, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and His Excellency Major-Brigadier Armando FigueiraTrompowsky de Aleida, Minister of State for Aeronautics;

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