INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. nate agents to perform the aforesaid work on its behalf, but agrees to establish technical standards and provide technical supervision of any such agents in the performance of the said work, and any such agents shall comply with such standards and supervision. The Government of the United States of America shall bear only the expenses involved Governent. in the following operations: (a) Preparation of technical specifications for the installation of the cable. (b) Technical supervision of the installation of the cable. (c) Splicing, loading and termination operations. (d) Equipment and materials necessary for splicing, loading and termination. Installation of cable by Repunblic_.of (3) The Government of the Republic of Panama shall, except as Pn. hereinabove stated, install the cable in accordance with the technical specifications and technical supervision of the Government of the xpense. United States of America. The Government of the Republic of Panama shall bear the expense of the said installation of the cable except as hereinabove recited. menght of replace- (4) The Government of the United States of America shall have the right to replace all or any part of the cable during the term of this agreement, provided, however, that the Government of the United States of America be under no duty to replace all or any part thereof. Should there be a difference of opinion between the Contracting Parties as to whether any proposed operation is an item of mainte- nance or an item of replacement, the Contracting Parties shall consult together to arrive at a determination with respect thereto. Opertionalcontrol. (5) The operational control of the cable shall be vested in the Government of the United States of America. However, lines of the cable shall be allocated by mutual accord between the Contract- ing Parties in accordance with the purposes of this agreement, and said allocation may be changed at any time and from time to time by mutual consent of the Contracting Parties. It is agreed that lines in the cable shall be allocated, on a priority basis, to the Gov- ernment of the United States of America and to the Government of the Republic of Panama, respectively, as circumstances may require. No charge shall be imposed by either Contracting Party for lines so allotted to either of the Contracting Parties. All lines in the cable not so allocated shall be allocated for commercial operation after reserving a sufficient number for use as spares. The lines allotted for commercial operation shall be made available to commercial air- lines of the United States of America engaged in business at Tocumen National Airport, and to similar airlines of the Republic of Panama, on a non-discriminatory basis. Lines not so allocated shall be made available to other commercial users on a non-discriminatory basis. The original allocation will be made according to the following priority: (a) Up to ten pairs of lines may be used by each Contracting Party for official Government use only. (b) Up to 15 pairs of lines will be reserved for engineering spares. 2472
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