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 3024 61 Stat., Pt. 3, p. 2483. 61 Stat., Pt. 3, p. 2479. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest con- sideration THOMAS H. LOCKETT THOMAS H. LOCKETT Charge d'Affaires a. i. His Excellency BERNABE AFRICA, Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines. The Philippine Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs to the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANILA, August 27, 1948 SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the note of the American Embassy of August 27, 1948, the substantive portion of which reads as follows: "I have the honor to refer to the exchange of correspondence concerning the desire of your Government to have Guam desig- nated as a traffic stop on the route served by the Philippine Air Lines and to confirm the understanding of the Government of the United States of America that it has been mutually agreed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Govern- ment of the United States of America that section 'B' of the annex to the Air Transport Agreement between the two Governments signed on November 16, 1946, shall be amended to read as follows: 'B. Airlines of the Republic of the Philippines authorized under the present Agreement are accorded the rights of transit and non-traffic stop in United States territory, as well as the right to pick up and discharge international commercial traffic in passengers, cargo and mail at Guam, Honolulu and San Francisco on the route indicated below: 'From the Philippines to San Francisco and thence to points beyond over a reasonably direct route via intermediate points in the Pacific which are United States territory, including Guam and Honolulu, in both directions.' "Upon receipt of a note from Your Excellency indicating that your Government agrees to the amendment of the Air Transport Agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America signed on November 16, 1946, as set forth herein, the Government of the United States of America will consider

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