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 62 STAT.] CHILF--AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-MAY 10, 1947 Agreement and accompanying exchanges of notes between the United States of America and Chile respecting air transport services. Signed at Santiago May 10, 1947; entered into force December 0S, 1948. AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TIIE GOVERN- MENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CHILE The President of the United States of America and the President of the Republic of Chile, having in mind: The increasing importance and development which have evolved in commercial air navigation as well as the consideration that air trans- port has special characteristics and affords quick and certain communi- cation between peoples; that it is the desire of both governments to organize international air services in orderly fashion, keeping in view the development of international cooperation in the field of air trans- portation; that both governments aspire to arrive at a general multi- lateral agreement which will govern all nations in the field of commer- cial aviation; that until such general agreement to which both governments have become parties is obtained, the two governments are disposed to draw up immediately a bilateral agreement on civil air transport. For this purpose they have designated their Plenipotentiaries, to wit: The President of the United States of America: His Excellency Mr. Claude G. Bowers, Ambassador of the United States of America. The President of the Republic of Chile: His Excellency Mr. Raul Juliet, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Who, after exhibiting their full powers and finding them to be in good and proper form, agree upon the following provisions: ARTICLE I Each of the contracting parties grants to the other contracting party the rights which are specified in the attached annexes for the purpose of establishing the routes and international commercial air services described in the said annexes. These services may be inaugu- rated immediately or at a later date, at the option of the contracting party to whom these rights are granted. ARTICLE II Each of the air services described in the annexes may be placed in operation as soon as the contracting party to whom the right has been granted by Article I to designate one or more airlines of its nationality for the route in question has authorized an airline to serve such route. Said contracting party will be bound to give the appropriate operating May 10, 1947 [T. I.A. S. 1905] Plenipotentiaries. Rights. Post, pp. 3758, 3761. Inauguration of air services. 3755

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