63 STAT.] PHILIPPINES-QUARTERS FOR U.S. ARMED FORCES-MAY 14, 16 , 1949 2673 temporary installations beyond the date March 26, 1949. A list of such installations is transmitted herewith as Annex I. "The United States Government agrees that the continued occu- pancy by its armed forces of the temporary quarters and installa- tions enumerated in Section C of Annex 1 attached hereto will in no way prejudice the rights of the several private owners of such tracts of land in their contractual relations with the United States Government. "I desire to inform Your Excellency further that certain other temporary bases and installations occupied by the United States Army under the Bases Agreement and recently returned to Philip- pine ownership were not included in my note No. 0509 of this date because they did not exist on United States Government owned land, but occupied leased or Philippine Government property. There still remain in this category certain temporary quarters and installations occupied by the United States Army which will have been made available for transfer to Your Excellencys Government on or before March 26, 1949 in compliance with parlgraph 1, Arti- cle XXI of the Military Bases Agreement. "Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration." I am happy to inform you that an agreement in the sense described in the foregoing note is acceptable to the Government of the Philip- pines, and that this Government considers the Embassy's note No. 510 of May 14, 1949 and its enclosure, together with the present reply thereto as constituting an agreement arrived at between our two Gov- ernments in accordance with Article XXI of the Military Bases Agreement of March 14, 1947 on the subject of extension of the right of the United States armed forces to occupy certain temporary installa- tions enumerated in the enclosure Annex 1 beyond the date March 26, 1949 for such time as may be necessary for the completion of adequate facilities for United States armed forces within the bases provided in the aforementioned Military Bases Agreement but shall in no case exceed a period of three years from March 26, 1949. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. Ante, p . 2671. A*t, p. 260. 61 Stat., Pt. 4, . 4028. An*t, p. 2670 . A*,p.. 671 . .4 The Honorable THOMAS H. LocKErr Charge dcAffaires ad interim United States Embassy Manila Felino Neri Undersecretary
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