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 2672 12389 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANITA. Afad1/ If. 1 .Q9 SIR: I am pleased to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 510 [1] of Ante, p. 2670. May 14, 1949, and its enclosure, which note reads as follows: 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 4019. 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 4028. 61 Stat., Pt. 4, p. 4032. "I have the honor to refer 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, in particu- lar, to paragraph 1, Article XXI of that Agreement which, while it limits to a period of two years the term of occupancy by United States armed forces of temporary quarters and installations existing outside the bases mentioned in Annex A and Annex B, reserves for my Government the right, if circumstances require, to negotiate with Your Excellency's Government with a view to extending the right of United States armed forces to continued occupation of temporary quarters and installations beyond the date March 26, 1949 for such time as may be necessary for the completion of adequate facilities for United States armed forces within the bases provided in the aforementioned Agreement. "I desire to inform Your Excellency that, although the United States Army has endeavored to concentrate its activities within Annex A bases, delays in the construction program caused by diffi- culty in obtaining certain critical construction items have made it necessary for the United States armed forces to continue the occu- pation of a number of temporary installations. "Therefore, in accordance with Article XXI, earlier referred to, my Government requests an extension of its right to occupy certain 'The correct number is "0510". INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. 4. Signal Communications Plant and Distribution System (consists of communication cables crossing private and Philippine Republic property for which easements must be retained). 5. WTA Transmitter Station, Tinajeros, Rizal. 6. UMP Relay Station, Santa Mesa Heights, Rizal. 7. WTA Receiver Station, Las Pinas, Rizal. 8. Quartermaster POL Depot, Malibay, Rizal. 9. 141st AACS Transmitter Station, near Fort Stotsen- burg-Clark Air Force Base, Pampanga. 10. Headquarters MANED, and Fisher Apartments at F. B. Harrison and Fisher Avenue, Rizal City, Rizal. (Head- quarters MANED building is property of Philippine Alien Property Administration.) 11. Carabao Wallow, Highway 54, Malibay, Rizal. The Philippine Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs to the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim

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