"ملف 25/4 معاهدة التحالف الأنجلو-عراقية، سنة ١٩٣٠" [و‎‎١‎٠] (٤٠/١٩)

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air base in the neighbourhood of Habbaniya, then tlie ‘Iraq
Governrneut shall take all possible steps at no cost to eithei
Government, to arrange for the construction of a railway
to connect such air base with the railway system of ‘Iraq,
3. The leases of the sites for air bases to be granted to
His Britannic Majesty, in accordance with the provisions of
Article 5 of the treaty of alliance, shall, in so far as such
sitt^s are on waste Government land, be free of all rental
charges, and, in so far as they are on non-Government land,
every facility shall be given for their acquisition on reasonable
terras, such acquisition being effected by the Traq Govern
ment at the request and at the cost of the Government of the
United Kingdom. The leased lands shall be free of all taxes
and rates, and the leases shall continue so long as these bases
remain in the occupation of the Forces of His Britannic
Majesty in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid
treaty ' of alliance or of any extension thereof. On the
final termination of the leases of the said sites, <>i of an}
one of them, the Traq Government shall either themseBes
take over the buildings and permanent structures thereon at a
fair valuation, having regard to the use to which they have
been put, or shall afford such facilities as may reasonably be
necessary to enable the Government of the I nited Kingdom
to dispose thereof to the best advantage.
After the expiry of the maximum period stipulated in
Clause 1 of the annexure to the treaty of alliance, and so
long as the said treaty of alliance remains in force, the
Government of the 1 nited Kingdom shall not be called upon
to pay any charges in respect of the use of any of the existing
emergency landing grounds in Traq.
4. The following arrangements for the disposal and
administration of the Traq railway system shall be carried
into effect as soon as possible, and in any case within a
maximum period of 1 year from the entry into force of the
treaty of alliance:—
(a) Legal ownership of the railway system shall be
transferred by the Government of the United Kingdom to
the ‘Iraq Government and registered in the name of the
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