SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE AGREEMENT Areas to be leased forthwith to the United States of America under the provisions of Article XXVII of the Base Lease Agreement of March 27, 1941. 1. The area containing water well No. 1, reservoir and pump-house indicated at 1. on Map A. 2. The area containing water well No. 2, indicated at 2. on Map A. AGREED MINUTE 1 It was agreed that under Article XXVII of the Base Lease Agreement the Government of the United States should at no cost to that Government acquire for the unexpired period of the lease granted in accordance with that Agreement: (a) Easements for marine, underground and overhead cables at the following locations: (1) Port of Spain to Fort Read-Waller Field; (2) Docksite to Monos and Chacachacare Islands; (3) Carlsen Field Branch; (4) Carlsen Field Radio Range Branch; (5) Waller Field to Piarco Airport. (b) An easement for the right of way for the railway spur into Carlsen Field. (c) A supplementary lease of three areas now held under duration leases for communication sites; (1) Flagstaff Hill, Tobago; (2) La Lune; (3) Blanchisseuse. (d) A supplementary lease of the Carlsen Railway Spur site. AGREED MINUTE 2 The Government of Trinidad and Tobago takes note with appreciation. of the following statements by the United States representatives relating to the rights accorded to the United States by Annex III (E) (2) of the Base Lease Agreement: (a) The United States will not exercise its right under Annex III (E) (2) (a) of the Base Lease Agreement to impound, take and use the waters of, and in the watershed of, the Aripo River at any time within the predictable future except when the United States is at war; (b) The United States will have no objection to the exploitation of the water in the Aripo Valley by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago or its duly authorized representative: provided that, if the Government of Trinidad and Tobago shall elect to exploit the water in the Aripo Valley or if it shall elect to delegate this exploitation, it will make such water available to the United States military authorities in Trinidad, if such request is made during a state of emergency, or when the United States is at war, under conditions no less favourable than the water is made available to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago agrees that since the United States has not hitherto exercised the rights accorded to it by Annex III(E) (2) of the Base Lease Agreement it is not liable for any claim arising out of the non-exercise of these rights. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago accepts responsibility for settlement of claims for compensation in respect of loss by damage arising out of the establishment of Waller Field which have been presented by land owners in the Aripo and Guanapo Valleys. AGREED MINUTE 3 The following matters were also discussed: 1. Release of sites occupied by the United States Army under duration leases. The United States Government representatives indicated that the release of such sites was already in process and would be expedited. 2. Outstanding questions relating to the lease to the Government of the United States on the island of Chacachacare under Annex III(E)(3) of the Base Lease Agreement. After brief discussion it was agreed that the matter is susceptible of local settlement. 3. Permission for members of the public to make use of certain areas made available to the Government of the United States under Article XXVII of the Base Lease Agreement. The United States representatives agreed that their local authorities would give sympathetic consideration to any requests put forward by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The British Ambassador to the Acting Secretary of State No. 305 SIR, BRITISH EMBASSY, 19th September 1949 I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 19th September proposing that an arrangement for the purpose of settling, in accordance with the provisions of the Leased Naval and Air Bases Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America signed March 27th, 1941, certain outstanding matters arising out of the establishment of the United States Air Force Base in Trinidad, be made between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the United States on the terms set forth in the enclosures in your note. 2. I have the honour to state that the Government of the United Kingdom approve the provisions set forth in the document annexed to your note and agree that your note and its enclosures, together with this reply, shall be regarded as bringing the arrangement into force on this day's date. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurance of my highest consideration. OLIVER FRANKS The Honourable JAMES E. WEbb, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, Department of State, 308-581-74—61 WAIVER OF VISAS AND VISA FEES: MALTA Exchange of notes at Washington October 31 and December 12, 1949 Entered into force December 12, 1949; operative from December 1, 1949 No. 542 64 Stat. B137; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 2069 The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State His Majesty's Ambassador for the United Kingdom presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honour to inform him, on instructions from His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, that the Government of Malta has decided to abolish from the 1st December 1949 the visa requirement for United States citizens visiting Malta for a period of not more than two months. BRITISH EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, D.C. 31st October 1949. E.A.C. The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the British Ambassador and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Embassy's Note No. 542 (26/5/56) of October 31, 1949, wherein it is stated that the Government of Malta has decided to abolish from the first of December 1949 the visa requirements for American citizens visiting Malta for a period of not more than two months. The Department of State is appreciative of the action taken by the Government of Malta in this matter, and is informing all American Foreign Service posts that effective December 1, 1949, British subjects who are residents of Malta will be granted gratis nonimmigrant passport visas, if found to be eligible to receive such visas, and in the cases of qualified temporary visitors, the visas may be valid for a maximum period of twenty-four (24) months. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 12, 1949. H.J.L. United Nations TRUSTEESHIP FOR FORMER JAPANESE Agreement approved by the Security Council of the United Nations at Lake Success, N.Y., April 2, 1947 Approved by the President of the United States July 18, 1947 1 1 61 Stat. 3301; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1665 TRUSTEESHIP Agreement for THE FORMER Japanese MandATED ISLANDS APPROVED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL PREAMBLE WHEREAS Article 75 of the Charter of the United Nations2 provides for the establishment of an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed thereunder by subsequent agreements; and WHEREAS under Article 77 of the said Charter the trusteeship system may be applied to territories now held under mandate; and WHEREAS ON 17 December 1920 the Council of the League of Nations confirmed a mandate for the former German islands north of the equator to Japan, to be administered in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations; 3 and 3 WHEREAS Japan, as a result of the Second World War, has ceased to exercise any authority in these islands; Now, THEREFORE, the Security Council of the United Nations, having satisfied itself that the relevant articles of the Charter have been complied |