800.796/492½
The Netherlands Minister (Boetzelaer) to the
Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)
No. GA–4376
Washington, November 30,
1943.
My Dear Mr. Berle: When Mr. Kleijn Molekamp,13 Mr. Aronstein14 and myself had the pleasure of discussing with you the
advisability of filing applications for postwar air-routes,15 we promised to furnish you with a memorandum in which
you would find a [Page 363] general outline
of our Government’s desiderata with regard to postwar international
aviation.
I am taking the liberty to enclose herewith this memorandum.
Believe me [etc.]
[Enclosure]
Memorandum
The following is a general outline of the directives which the
Netherlands Government intends to follow when discussing questions on
postwar international aviation:
- 1.
- Distribution of international airlines to be established in
international convention with observance of a principle of
reciprocity whereby it is clearly ascertained what is understood
by international air traffic, whereby cabotage is not
allowed.
- 2.
- Institution of a permanent international organization for
establishing general air regulations and directions for
preparation of periodical revision of international airlines and
for allotment of new international airlines.
- 3.
- All states to be obliged to give every facility to established
international airlines and not to cause any obstruction. Freedom
of peaceful passage only to be restricted for reasons of defense
or safety.
- 4.
- International airports to be in principle designated,
organized and managed by states in whose territory these
airports are situated, which states agree to comply with
international rules and to provide adequate landing
grounds.
- 5.
- Airports exploited by foreign states on territory of a state
proper as well as airports exploited by foreign air companies to
be open to international air traffic.
- 6.
- Division of air traffic between air companies or government
undertakings on established airlines to be settled in
consultation between companies or states concerned with due
regard to minimum frequency of each organization admitted on
airlines concerned.
- 7.
- Sovereignty for each state on inland traffic.
- 8.
- Priority for a state for air connections between various, non
adjacent territories of that state; apart from this these
connections to be considered as international airlines.
- 9.
- Intermediate states to be obliged to give every facility for
connections between the nonadjacent territories of a
state.
- 10.
- Airmail to be regulated according to the principle of dispatch
per quickest opportunity.
- 11.
- The Netherlands air connections in Europe as well as the
connections Amsterdam–Batavia, Batavia–Australia and The
Netherlands Indies–Singapore–Indo China to be restored and the
following air connections to be established:
-
a.
- United States–Curaçao;
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b.
- Netherlands West Indies–Europe;
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c.
- Atlantic Coast of the United States–Europe;
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d.
- Pacific Coast of the United States–Netherlands
Indies;
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e.
- Philippines–Netherlands Indies;
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f.
- New Zealand–Netherlands Indies;
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g.
- South America–Surinam;
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h.
- Surinam–Africa–Batavia;
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i.
- Amsterdam–Moscow;
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j.
- Holland–South Africa;
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k.
- China and Japan–Netherlands Indies.
