OUTWARD TELEGRAM
CYPHER (0.T.P.)
FROM:
D.O.
TO:
CANADA
(GOVT.)
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
11
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SOUTH AFRICA
(Sent 10.45 p.m. 16th Nov.,
1942.)
S.D.
83
D. No. 464 SECRET
A
82 My telegram D. No. 463 of 16th November 1942. Paragraph Following is text of draft article on navigation begins:-
1. In the present treaty the term "vessels of one (or of the other) H.C.P." means all vessela registered under the law of the territories of that H.C.P. to which the present applies.
treaty
2. In all that relates to navigation and the treatment of merchant shipping each H.C.P. undertakes to treat in his territories the companies and vessels of the other H.C.P. not less favourably in any respect either in law or in fact than his own companies and vessels or the companies and vessels of the most favoured foreign country. This provision applies to the passengers and cargo which the vessels may carry, and their landing or ,importation into the territory and their embarking and exportation therefrom, to all duties or charges of any kind payable in respect of the vessels, passengers or cargo (including duties or charges payable on import or landing, export or embarkation), the ports to which the vessels may come and the trade in which they may engage, and to the grant of facilities at the ports in respect of the stationing, loading and unloading of vessels, and the charges therefor.
3. The provision of paragraph 2 of this Article do not apply to the coasting trade or to inland navigation, in respect of which the nationala, companies and vessels of each H.C.P. shall enjoy the treatment accorded to the most favoured foreign country.
4.
In the event of the coasting trade being exclusively reserved in the territories of either H.O.P. to national vessels, the vessels of the other party may nevertheless proceed from one port to another in such territories either for the purpose of leaving the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers brought from abroad, or of taking on board the whole or part of their cargoes or passengers for a foreign destination. Such vessels shall moreover if engaged in trade to or from places not within the limits of the consting trade so reserved, not be prohibited from the carriage between two ports of the territories of the first H.C.P. of passengers holding through tickets or merchandise consigned on through bills of lading to or from places not within the above mentioned limits, and while engaged in such carriage these vessels, their passengers and cargoes shall enjoy the treatment provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
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Sir E. Bridges
Sir B. Newton
Mr. Ashley Clark
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Rumbold
Mr. Annan
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