59.10:12846 TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 12846 AVIATION Air Services Agreement Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89-497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— "... the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence... of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof." For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN Aviation: Air Services Agreement amending the agreement of July 23, 1977, as amended. Effected by exchange of notes Signed at Washington March 27, 1997; Entered into force April 7, 1997. Note No: 55/97 The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State British Embassy Washington 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008-3600 Telephone: (202) 588-6512 From the Ambassador Secretary of State I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America concerning Air Services, done at Bermuda on 23 July 1977, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "Bermuda 2"),' and to propose that upon entry into force of an Air Services Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong Kong (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"):2 (i) Hong Kong shall cease to be covered by Article 1(n) of Bermuda 2, except, until 30 June 1997, for the purpose of Article 2(4) thereof; (ii) in Annex 1 to Bermuda 2, UK Route 6, UK Route 13, US Route 3 and US Route 8, as well as paragraph 8 of Section 5, shall be deleted, and Hong Kong shall be deleted from column (C) in US Route 2. If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United States, I have the honour to suggest that the present Note and Your Excellency's reply to that effect shall constitute an agreement between the two Governments which shall enter into force on the date on which the Agreement enters into force. The Honorable Madeleine Albright US Secretary of State TIAS 8641, 8965, 10059, 11396, 11674; 28 UST 5367; 29 UST 2680; 33 UST 655. 2 TIAS 12849; 1981 UNTS 231. |