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91499 St.S.
Registry No.
Top Secret.
Sucret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
DRAFT Note
To:--
His Excellency,
The Honourable David
K. E. Bruce, C.B.E.,
Type 1 +
From
Jelin
Telephone No. & Ixt.
Departeet
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Your Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to the Exchange)
of Notes of 19 June, 1964 constituting an
Agreement between the Government of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northem Ireland
and the Government of the United States of
America in anticipation of visits of 1.3.
"Savannah" to ports in United Kingdom territory.
I have the honour to inform you thất,
pursuant to paragraph 3 (a) thereof, the Agreement is hereby extended to Hong Kong.
In consideration of the fact that N.9. "Savannah" is now oporated not directly by the Government of the United States but is undér
bare-boat charter to a private operator, First' Atomic Ship Transport Incorporated, and that the United States Atomic Energy Commission has entered into an agreement of Indemnification
with First Atomic Ship Transport, Incorporated
under the authority of Section 170 of the
United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and that similar arrangements may in future be made with other private operators, I have the honour to propose the following
modifications to the Agreement.
Her Majesty's Government are prepared while
such arrangements are in effect to release the
Government of the United States from their
obligations under Annex 1 to the Agreement
/with the