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6. United States Patrol Vessels.

With a view to enabling the United States

authorities to secure evidence of the presence in the

Bahamas of suspect United States vessels, it has

already been agreed that, while, so far as may be possible, s report will be made to the Government of the Bahamas whenevor the United States Constguard

desire to send a patrol vessel to the saharas, such a

vessel may, for a period of twelve months, enter

British territorial waters in the Bahamas without

the usual advance notice of visit, on the understanding

that the vessel in question will first call at Bimini and report to the Comissioner at that port.

It was

represented that if the United States patrol vessel

were to be required to call first at "imini on the

occasion of anos visit, the object of the visit would

be iefeated. It is therefore proposed that each

vesel should, or the occasion of its first visit, call

on and report to the local Comissioner, and that on

each subsequent visit it will be sufficient if

information of the intention to pay the visit should be telegraphed beforehand by the United States

authorities to the American Consul at Nascau, who

would immediately notify the Colonial decretary.

It is understood that the United States Coastguard

patrol vessels will limit their activities whilst in

British territorial waters to observation and that these

activities will not be extended to the waters of Few

Providence, where satisfactory facilities for observs-

tion already exist.

7. Entry from the High Seas.

In the case of United Kingdom ports, all

vessels other than coasting vessels and fishing

bosta are required on arrival to make a statement as

to the port or place from which they have arrived,

and