UNIE VAN SUID-AFRIKA.

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

PRETORIA / LE CAP

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Jour Excellency,

23/73.

MINISTERIE VAN BUITELANDSE SAKE,

MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,

PRETORIA.

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hieh took place on 27th January, 1961, betwee delegations representing the French and South African

Governments,

at which amendments to the Air Agreement

of the 17th September, 1954, in the following ters were agreed to, and gignilying that

the French Government

have since approved these amendmentss- 1.

2.

3.

The agreenent entered into between the Government of Franoe and the Government of the Union of

South Africa on 17 September 1954, in regard to air gervices between their respective territories, (hereinafter referred to as the agreement) is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (1)

of Artiole 4 for all the nords after the word "directiona" of the following - "Paris - Nice - Tripoll - Accra - Lagos/Kano - Fort Lamy - Douala/Brazzaville - Elisabethvilla/

Usumbura - Livingstone - Salisbury - Johannesburg".

Article 5 of the agreement is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (1) for all the worda after the word "directions" of the followingi- "Johannesburg - Salisbury/Iueaka - Elisabethville - Nairob1 - Brazzaville - Shartoun - Cairo - Athens .

Rome - Paris - Amsterdan - London".

the substitution or words are word ren where it occurs for the third time, of the following:- "Traffio Stops

Stops for non-traffic purposes.

Paris

Nice

Iripoli

Acora

Lagos or Kano

Fort Jamy

Douala

Brazzaville

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His Excellency Mr. G. Balay,

Ambassador Ixtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France,

PRETORIA.
4.

6.

Iraffic Stops

Elisabethrille or

Usumbura

Jobannesburg."

-2- Stops for non-traffio purposes.

Iivingstone

Salisbury

the words after the word

"oll ingre it cours for the third time of the traffic Stopg

Stops for non-Iraffic purposes.

Johannesburg

Insaka

Elisabethville

Salisbury

Nairobi

Brazzaville

Khartour

Cairo

Athens

ROme

Amsterdan

Paris

Iondon."

Article 9 of the agreement is hereby amended by - (a) the substitution in paragraph (I) for the word;

"sixty-eight" of the worda "eighty-eight";

(b) the substitution in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) Ior the words "sixty-eight" of the worda weighty-eigatms (c) by the insertion in paragraph (2) after subparagraph (b) of the following sub-paragraph - "(C) at Elisabethville set down or pick up more than ten passengers from or lor

French territory, ";

and

(a)

the substitution in paragraph (3) for the word "Ilight" wherever it occurs of the word "week" and by the deletion of the worda "of the airline concerned".

Article 10 of the agreement is hereby amendod by the insertion of the following paragraph, existing paragraph (2) becoming paragraph (3):

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"(2) The airline designated by the Government of the Union of South Airica shall not publish or cause to be published any advertisement

Likely to ancourage or promote on ita service traffic from France to the Republio of the congo (Capital - Brazzaville) or fron the

Republio of the Congo (Capital - Brazzavilla)

to France.".

desire to confirm that the foregoing correeti

expresses

the understandinz between our two Government

and that your Note and this reply are regarded as constituting an agreement betreen the two Governmente by the existing agreement dated the 17th September, 1954, 1s amended.

Please accept, lour Excellency, the assurance

I my highest consideration.

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.