THE NATO POOL
COMPDENTAL
Annex
1 The basic principles underlying the NATO pool of merchant
shipping were agreed in November 1950, that during a war:
a.
Each government would take
take all the ocean-going merchant
ships of its own flag under control. The arrangements between
each government and its ship-owners would be the responsibility
of that government and of such a nature that the individual
owners had no direct interest in the
the financial results of
the employment to which their ships were allocated.
b.
Control of shipping would be exercised in each country
by a governmental agency which was itself not a claimant upon
shipping services.
C. All ocean-going merchant ships under the control of the
governments would be placed in a central pool for allocation
to employment by a Defence Shipping Authority (DSA).
d.
Without prejudice to questions of
to questions of eventual disposition
or title, seized or captured ocean-going merchant ships would
be placed in the pool and assigned in each case by the Defence
Shipping Authority to an appropriate government for operation
in accordance with these principles.
e.
Each government
would ensure
that
accordance with the
directions
of the
instructions,
in
Defence Shipping
Authority, were given to the ships under
the ships under the control of that
government and were obeyed.
f. Each government would make available to ships in the pool,
without discrimination
to flag, the port and other shore
facilities and services within its disposition.
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