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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. provided that such third arbitrator shall not be a national of either contracting party. Each of the contracting parties shall designate an arbitrator within two months of the date of delivery by either party to the other party of a diplomatic note requesting arbitration of a dispute; and the third arbitrator shall be agreed upon within one month after such period of two months. If either of the contracting parties fails to designate its own arbi- trator within two months, or if the third arbitrator is not agreed upon within the time limit indicated, the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (hereinafter called IcAo) shall be requested to make the necessary appointments by choosing the arbitrator or arbitrators from a panel of arbitral personnel maintained in accordance with the practice of ICAO. The contracting parties will use their best efforts under the powers available to them to put into effect the opinion expressed in any such advisory report. A moiety of the expenses of the arbitral tribunal shall be borne by each party. The Chief of the Swiss FederalPoliticalDepartment to the American Minister Appointment by ICAO. Expenses. LU CHEF DU D2PARTMEBNT POLITIQUB FftDAlRAL BExN-, le 13 mai 1949. MONSIEUR LE MNnSTEE, Par lettre de ce jour, vous avez bien voulu me proposer d'inserer une clause arbitrale dans r'accord provisoire sur les lignes aeriennes entre la Suisse et les Etats-Unis d'Amerique, du 3 aoft 1945. J'ai pris bonne note que ce texte, qui deviendrait l'article 10 de l'accord, a fait l'objet de conversations entre representants des Autorit6s f6edrales suisses et am6ricaines. J'ai l'honneur de porter &la connaissance de Votre Excellence que le Conseil Federal Suisse approuve le texte dont il s'agit et qu'il le considere comme en vigueur des aujourd'hui. Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le Ministre, I'assurance de ma haute consideration. (Max Petitpierre) Son Excellence Monsieur JOHN CArBrm VIncmNT Ministre des Etats-Unis dAmij w Berne

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