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 63 STAT.] PHILIPPINS--MILITARY RESERVATIONS-MAY 14, 16, 1949 The Government of the United States recognizes the Philippine Exception for build- n PP and installations Long Distance Telephone Company as the lawful owner of certain at Camp Eldridge, buildings and installations at Camp Eldridge, Laguna. Therefore I desire to point out to Your Excellency that these particular installa- tions are excepted from any of the provisions of this note concerning the turnover of installations and improvements on the military reser- vations listed in the aforementioned Annex 1 attached hereto. Po, p.2e6. I further desire to inform Your Excellency that the United States Government assures the Philippine Government that it will make no claims now or in the future against the Philippine Government with a view to recovering funds expended in the acquisition of title to the temporary bases and installations included in the military reser- vations listed in the aforementioned Annex 1 attached hereto. In hereby making final and formal the transfer of the property spnsintition pofie- listed in Annex 1 attached hereto, the United States requests that the pi a of Mar. 27 Republic of the Philippines assume as of March 27, 1949 all responsi- bility, risk of loss, and liability for the care, custody, protection and maintenance of said property, including liability for damage to per- son or property sustained on or after March 27, 1949 as a result of dangerous or defective conditions existing on or after that date, and the Republic of the Philippines agrees to indemnify and hold harm- less the United States, members of its armed forces and its civilian employees from the aforesaid responsibility, risk of loss, and liability. The United States makes no warranty of title to the property listed in Annex 1 attached hereto or of the condition of said property or of its fitness for any other purpose. In hereby making final and formal the transfer of the military Lton of"tr reservations listed in Annex 1 attached hereto, the United States also requests that the Republic of the Philippines agree that while it is understood that the buildings and other improvements located thereon are transferred without charge against or reference to the Surplus Property Agreement signed September 11, 1946, P] this understanding relates only to the transfer of military reservations covered by this note. I am authorized by my Government to state that an acknowledg- ment of the receipt of this note containing Your Excellency's as- surances that the terms and conditions thereof are acceptable to Your Excellency's Government will be considered by my Government as constituting an agreement for the relinquishment to the Govern- ment of the Philippines of the use, and the transfer to that Govern- ment of such right and title to, and possession of, the United States military reservations listed in Annex 1 attached hereto, as the United States may have therein, and as evidence that such relinquishment or transfer has been fully accomplished. Not printed. 2661

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