Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 2.djvu/719

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55 STAT.] GREAT [:liTAIN, CANADA-NAVAL AND AIR BASES-MAR. 27,1941 any part of the area shall revert to the Government of Trinidad, on due notification, until such time as the Government of Trinidad is notified that' control is again required. The notifications mentioned above shall contain a description of the area required or not required as the case may be. The provisions of this Agreement applicable to Leased Areas shall, during the period of United States control, apply to the anchorage to the full extent necessary or appropriate for the establishment, use, operation, defence and control thereof. (5) From such areas and under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed by the Government of the United States and the Government of Trinidad, the Government of Trinidad shall be permitted within the Leased Areas to win stone, gravel and sand for public works; provided that such permission shall not be exer- cised so as to interfere with the construction, maintenance, operation or defence of the Bases and shall be subject to such restrictions as may be demanded by military necessity. (6)-(a) The Government of the United Kingdom shall secure the grant to the United States of a lease for a period of twelve months of 1,200 feet of existing wharfage and two of the existing transit sheds on the waterfront at Port of Spain; provided that when the said wharfage and sheds are not being used by the United States they shall be placed at the disposal of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Trinidad upon request by the latter. Pending the execution of such lease, the United States shall have the use of the said wharfage and sheds under the conditions aforesaid. (b) The United States may during the period of the above lease extend the existing wharfage at Port of Spain westward for a distance not exceeding 3,000 feet, and shall be granted a lease of such exten- sion for the unexpired period of the lease of the Leased Areas; provid(ed that if the Government of Trinidad shall construct for transfer to the United States alternative wharfage outside of Port of Spaini which shall be satisfactory in all respects to the United States, then the United States will surrender in exchange to the Government of Trinidad, on terms to be mutually agreed, its rights under the lease of the said wharfage in Port of Spain. (7) The United States will afford access to the Macqueripe Bay area to the Government of Trinidad and members of the public by way of the existing road or by such other road as may be constructed, subject only to such restrictions as are demanded by military necessity and proper police control. (8) If the Eastern Main road to Saline Bay is completed by the United States, the United States will, subject only to such restric- tions as are demanded by military necessity, afford the Govern- ment of Trinidad and members of the public free use thereof. The United States will afford like use of any road that may be constructed by the United States from Port of Spain to the Cumuto area. Procurement of stone, gravel, and sand by Government of Trinidad. Wharfage, etc. AccesF to Macque- ripe Bay area Public use of road. 1593