مجموعة ٨٧/٥س "الولايات المتحدة: طلب الحصول على حقوق عبور جوي عسكري في الهند وبورما" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٦] (٦٠٩/٣١١)

UNITS!) STATES OF AMERICA.
Dated 12.6.46.
1L1 PS M EMPIRE
The Aide Memoir© dated May 23. 1^46, Bent to the
American C amissi ner, New Delhi, by the External Affairs
Department of the Ooyernment of India* hus receiTed the
el se and urgent attention of the various interested
agencies of the government of thr* United States.
As noted in paragraph 4 of the Aide Memoire in question,
a fin?ncial agreement was signed in U shingt « ( n May 16,
194b), which did not fcke into consider?'ti n the civil and
military air rights which the Govanmant of the United States,
h ^pes to obtain from tie Government of India; and. therefore,
joint consideration of financial and ovation relations, as
envisaged in the * ide Memoirs of the /.merican Commissioner
of April 30, 1946, is no longer in quest! n.
The Government of the United St?.tea naturally wishes
to press forward in the negotiation t f mutually satisfactorily
arrangements with respect to avic ti n.
With the imminent cheng© in the ATC program from
scheduled flights to a special mission basis ito end from
India, the urgency of esta blishing c aaraercialAir services
between Indie and the United States becomes e'ven greater
than before. In his Note No. 86 dated May 30, 1946, the
American C ommissi ner pr posed th? t, due t o unfortunate
delays m reaching? mutually satisfactory agreement on
Air Transport, a provisional arrangement be made under which
a restricted number of flights by TOA ^nd PANAM might be
inaugurated. This would appear to be especially desirable
since tie extension of BOAC air services bey nd" India is
understood t o h^v© Hfe.de it almost impossible for non
officials to travel to end from India by this service.
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From the May %nd Aide Mem ire it is noted tb t the
Government of India has set forth certain prerequisites to
the neg tiati n of a civil aviati n agreement with the
Govemaent of the United Sb.tes, namely:
1> Agreement n weather end inf ona? ti n aids installed
by the liuted states Air Forces at i irfields in India.
This ouesti n, it is believed, has been settled, nd the
transfer of possession of these aids has already been
acc mplished or is in the process f acc mplishment.
In this connection a cmaunicati n fr m the External
Affairs Department to the American Connies! ner dated
April 26, 1946, stated that it is the intent! n of the
Government of India to maintain md operate the United States
Air Force signals equipment for the purpose of improving
the organizati n of the air routes in India, including
mteraati n&l air r utes crossing Indian territ ry; *nd
it is als^ the Government of India’s policy to accord
uniformity of treatment to all aircraft auth rized to fly
in India in the matter ^f air r^ute facilities nd charges,
and nm-disorimint tory practices in this matter are enjoined
in the Convention on International Civil Aviati n to which
India is a s ignat ry. The Aide Memo ire of the External
Affairs Department of May 23, 1946, m p ragraph 5, confirmed
the above p licies of the Government of India with reoard
to this equipment.