2822 Agreement adopting formulae for predeter- mination of frequen- cies, etc. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. contracting party to the granting of additional traffic points in its respective territories. (f) The Government of the United States agrees that if at any time it should enter into an agreement with any other nation adopt- ing formulae for the predetermination of frequencies or ca- pacity, it will enter into a similar agreement with the Govern- ment of China. I shall be much obliged if Your Excellency will confirm the fore- going. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. J. LGirrHTON STUART His Excellency DR. WANG SHH-CHrEH, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nanking. Note in the Englishand Chinese LanguagesFrom the Chinese Minister for ForeignAffairs to the American Ambassador MINSTmT oF FORIGN ATrAIs, Nanking, December 0, 1946. EXCELENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Note of Decem- ber 20, 1946 which reads as follows: "I have the honor to refer to the Air Transport Agreement signed today between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of China, and to state that, in con- nection with this Agreement, it is the understanding of my Govern- ment that the following points have been collaterally agreed to: (a) Until such time as the airport facilities at Tientsin are en- larged and improved to the extent necessary to accommodate aircraft flying on the international route serving the traffic point of Tientsin as designated in the aforesaid Agreement, aircraft serving this route will be permitted by the Govern- ment of China to land for international traffic purposes at Peiping. (b) There will be no objection if United States carriers desig- nated to serve routes 2 and 3 described in paragraph "A" of the Annex, serve Hongkong instead of Canton at the option of the United States Government; provided, however, no shuttle service will be operated by the designated United States carriers between Hongkong and any one of the points in Chinese territory mentioned in the Annex attached to the Agreement. Furthermore, the United States carrier desig- nated to serve Route No. 2, described in paragraph "A" of
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