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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines respecting the transfer of certain military reservations to the Philippines. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Manila May 14 and 16, 1949; entered into force May 16, 1949, operative retroactively March 27, 1949. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Philippine Secretary of ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Manila, May 14, 1949. 48 Stat. 456 . 48 U.S.O. I 1231 et seq. 68 Stat. 625 . 48 U.S .C. §g 1235a, 1240 note. 61 Stat., Pt. 2, p. 1174. 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 4019. Relinquishment and transfer of U.S. military reservations. Post, p. 2662. Post, p. 2663. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the Act of the Congress of the United States of America of March 24, 1934, more commonly referred to as the Philippine Independence Act; to the Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States of America of June 29, 1944, which authorized the President of the United States of America to acquire bases for the mutual protection of the United States and of the Philippines; to Joint Resolution No. 4 of the Congress of the Philip- pines, approved July 28, 1945, which authorized the President of the Philippines to enter into negotiations for the establishment of such bases; to the Treaty of General Relations (including the Protocol thereto) Between the United States of America and the Philippines signed on July 4, 1946; to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines Concerning Military Bases signed at Manila on March 14, 1947; and to other legislation and public acts of the United States of America and of the Philippines pertinent to the transfer to the Republic of the Philippines, following the declaration of its independence, of certain United States military bases the use of which was not reserved to the United States by the aforementioned Agreement of March 14, 1947, or which have not otherwise been reserved, encumbered or disposed of, and to inform Your Excellency that, in accordance with its obligations under the aforesaid acts, resolutions and agreement, the Government of the United States of America relinquishes to the Government of the Philippines the use of, and transfers to that Government such right and title to, or interest in, the United States military reservations listed in Annex 1 attached hereto, as the United States may have therein. There is also annexed hereto a list of the available Executive Orders and Torrens Certificates of Title whereunder the United States has claimed title to and possession of the military reservations in the aforementioned Annex 1 attached hereto. May 14, 16 1949 IT. I A. .81963] No. 0509 2660

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