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62 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-MILITARY AIR BASES-FEB . 24, 1948 (2) Civil aircraft of countries which are not parties to the Two Freedoms Agreement but which are parties to other agreements to which the United States or the United Kingdom is also a party, providing for the privileges specified in the Two Freedoms Agreement, may, with the concurrence of the two Governments, use the Bases, in accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement, for the exercise of those privileges. (3) In the event of the Two Freedoms Agreement being superseded by a new agreement, to which the two Governments are parties, pro- viding for the privileges specified in the Two Freedoms Agreement, the provisions of this Article shall apply to the exercise of those privileges under the said new agreement as they apply to their exercise under the Two Freedoms Agreement. ARTICLE IV Traffic rights (1) Any civil air carrier of the United States using the Bases shall, if authorized by the Government of the United States of America to operate to the Base or Bases concerned, be entitled, by way of exception to and without prejudice to the principle of cabotage, to carry between the Regular Bases (a) United States Government sponsored passengers (and their personal effects) travelling at the expense of the Govern- ment of the United States of America or on business directly connected with the Bases or with United States personnel at the Bases; (b) cargo carried at the expense of the Government of the United States of America; and (c) mail originating at United States Post Offices established in accordance with Article XVI of the Bases Agreement. .1,stnt. 15r7. (2) The Government of the United Kingdom may grant to civil air carriers using the Regular Bases traffic rights at those Bases: Provided that, except by agreement between the two Govern- ments, (a) no rights so granted (including those granted to civil air carriers of the United Kingdom) shall be greater than, or different from, those granted to civil air carriers of the United States at the said Bases, save as provided in para- graph (3) of this Article; and (b) the rights so granted to civil air carriers of third countries shall not exceed the corresponding rights which such third countries shall have granted (not necessarily on the same routes as those operated by the air carriers of the third coun- tries concerned) in their respective territories to civil air carriers of the United States. 1863