CONFIDENTIAL
FACILITIES ACCORDED TO THE U.S.A. IN BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
Territory
Agreements
Tern of Agreement
Antigua*
1961 Defence Agreement (Cmnd.1369)
for review in
1968
NASA agreement
concluded 23 January 1967 and came into force.
Bermuda
1941 Defence Agreement
(Cmnd 6259)
99 years
as modified by
subsequent agreements.
1961 NASA Agreements (Cmnd.1388 & 2223)
*U.S. relinquished 2 acre of the U.S.A.F.
Defence Area on Antigua Island in
August 1967. The exact portion involved was Tract AN-909.
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ANNEX 'B'
Facilities enjoyed
The wartime airfield is shared with civil airlines and has been extended to take jets. jets Missile Tracking Station Oceanographic Research
Station
Project Apollo tracking station (not yet constructed).
Deep water harbour constructed as a result of U.S. loan given for the purpose.
Military airfield
Naval Station
Project Mercury
tracking station Other space research
Benefits arising for territory concerned
U.3. agreed to make v available U.S. $350,000 for certain development projects in 1961. The airfield is now one of the heaviest used by civil airlines in the Caribbean.
Construction of deep water harbour, completed October 1968, for use by civilian traffic.
Airfield shared with civil airlines.