61 STAT.] PERU-AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES-May 6 July 21,194 2603 Your Excellency states that the military authorities of the United States of America reserve the right to restrict or prohibit the use, for civilian purposes, of the military airport of the Canal Zone, should military needs so require; and that, as soon as the international civil airport which is being constructed in Panama is completed, the United States military authorities intend to prohibit the use of the said military airport by civil and commercial aircraft. Your Excellency adds that, under the Air Commerce Act of 1926, amended by the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, the granting of rights to the air lines designated by the Government of Peru is subject to the restrictions imposed by the said Acts, as regards transportation between the Canal Zone and the United States of America. In reply, I thank Your Excellency for the above-mentioned infor- mation, which I have duly noted, and I am happy to inform you that it is in accordance with the thought which led the Government of Peru to conclude the said Air Transport Agreement between our two countries. I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to you, Mr. Ambas- sador, the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consider- ation. E. GARcfA SAYAN His Excellency PRENTICE COOPER Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America. City. The American Ambassador to the Peruvian Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 301 The Ambassador of the United States of America presents his com- pliments to His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and with reference to the negotiations leading up to the Air Transport Agree- ment between the Republic of Peru and the United States of America signed on this date, has the honor to convey on behalf of the representa- tives of the Government of the United States of America concerned certain information regarding possible future routes considered during the course of the negotiations. At such time as the Government of the United States of America should consider that the surrounding circumstances have sufficiently developed, it contemplates requesting the Government of Peru for consultation pursuant to Article 9 of the Agreement referred to regard- A t , p-258 . ing modification of the Annex to include a proposed route from the United States and the Canal Zone via Colombia to Iquitos and other points in Southern Peru, and beyond to terminal points in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, to be operated by an airline or airlines designed by the Government of the United States of America. It would be appreciated if His Excellency would be kind enough
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