821.7961/36
The Secretary of State to the Colombian Minister (Olaya)
Sir: With reference to the conversations which you have had recently with the Department of State regarding the facilities which aircraft of United States registry will enjoy in Colombia for commercial aviation service and, reciprocally, in the United States including the Panama Canal Zone aircraft of Colombian registry, I take pleasure in confirming, by means of the present note, the understanding at which we have arrived, to wit:
Commercial aircraft of United States registry will have permission to fly along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Colombia and over the territory immediately adjacent thereto; to land on land or water, fuel, make repairs, and ship and discharge passengers, mail and cargo, in the Atlantic and Pacific ports of Colombia where there are authorities charged with carrying out the pertinent regulations, subject to regulations and provisions equivalent to those established for commercial aircraft of Colombian registry in the enclosures to this note.2
Reciprocally, commercial aircraft of Colombian registry will have permission to land on land or water in the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States including those of the Panama Canal Zone, and to fly between the ports of the Canal Zone following the route designated by the Governor of the Panama Canal, fuel, make repairs and ship and discharge passengers, mail and cargo, subject to the regulations and provisions which are enclosed with the present note, as follows:
For the continental United States, the Air Commerce Act of 1926 and the Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; for the Panama Canal Zone, Executive Orders Nos. 4971 and 5047 of September 28, 1928, and February 18, 1929, respectively, and the Provisional Regulations of the Governor of the Panama Canal issued pursuant thereto.
All aircraft must carry out the respective Governmental regulations of both countries.
If either of the two Governments decides to terminate the permission to which this agreement refers or to modify the regulations or provisions, it will give ninety days’ previous notice thereof to the other Government.
[Page 883]It is understood that the two Governments agree and will endeavor to give the greatest possible facilities to aircraft in international commercial communication service in order that they may land on land or water, fuel, and carry out the other services above mentioned with all desirable speed and efficacy.
Accept [etc.]
- Enclosures not printed.↩