INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. of the air lines of the other Party and shall not vary unduly in a dis- criminatory manner from the rates established by the air lines of the other Party operating air services on that part of the specified air routes concerned. Provided, however, that a designated air line un- der the Agreement shall not be required to charge rates higher than those established by any other air line operating on the specified air routes. (2) That in case the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization fails to establish a means of determining such rates satisfactory to both Contracting Parties within a reasonable time, the consultation provided for in Article X of the Agreement shall be inaugurated. I am to request that you will be good enough to confirm your under- standing on these matters to be as set out in this letter. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, W. H. SHOOBERT Secretary to the Government of India. The American Charge d'Affaires to the Secretary to the Government of India EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 174 New Delhi,November 14, 1946 SIR HAROLD SHOOBERT, C.I .E., E.D ., I.C .S., Secretary to the Government of India in the Departmentof Communications (Post and Air), New Delhi. SIR: I have the honor to refer to your note of today's date on the subject of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India relating to air services signed on behalf of both our Governments today, and to state, with regard to two matters which have been under discussion, that the understanding of the Government of the United States of America is as follows: 1. Ratification of the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The Government of India and the Government of the United States of America, having both ratified the Convention on International Civil 61 Stat., Pt. 2, P. Aviation signed at Chicago on the seventh day of December 1944, it is understood to be the intention of both Governments to deposit their instruments of ratification of the Convention on or before the first day of March 1947. In the event that either Government should fail to complete the necessary steps whereby they will become bound by the provisions of the Convention when it enters into force, it is agreed that the two Governments will consult together and will enter into a sup- plementary agreement giving effect to the following articles of the 2584
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