711.3827/2
The Minister in Haiti (Armour) to the Secretary of
State
No. 387
Port-au-Prince, August 17,
1934.
[Received August 28.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the
Department’s instruction No. 187, of July 13, 1934,15 and to the previous
instructions mentioned therein, concerning the desire of the
Government of the United States to reach an understanding with the
Government of Haiti in regard to the interpretation of Article 4 of
the Havana Convention on Commercial Aviation.16
In reply to notes sent by the Legation to the Foreign Office, I have
finally received a note from the Foreign Minister, stating that the
Government of Haiti agrees to the understanding that, in accordance
with the terms of Article 4 of the Havana Convention, private
aircraft of either of the two countries will be permitted to enter
the other country, on special or tourist flights without the
necessity of requesting formal authorization for each flight,
subject to compliance with the technical requirements regarding
entry and the regulations in force in the country to be visited.
I am enclosing a copy of the note received from the Foreign Office
and a translation thereof, together with my reply thereto.17
Respectfully yours,
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Haitian Secretary of State for Foreign
Relations (Laleau) to the
American Minister (Armour)
Port-au-Prince, August 9,
1934.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s memorandum of July
31 last, referring to previous communications from the American
Legation, dated March 7, 1933, June
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20, 1933, December 28, 1933, and February
8, 1934, all relating to a desire of Your Excellency’s
Government as set forth in the Aide-Mémoire of June 20, 1933, from the Legation, to
arrive at an understanding by which an airplane registered in
the United States would have permission by virtue of the general
authorization contained in the Havana Convention on Commercial
Aviation, to enter Haiti, submitting to the technical conditions
of the Haitian Government concerning entry and landing, as well
as to the laws and regulations in force in that country; and
that private airplanes registered in Haiti will have permission
by virtue of the general authorization contained in the Havana
Convention on Commercial Aviation, to enter the United States,
submitting to similar conditions of the United States Government
and to the laws in force in that country, without making it
necessary, in the one case and in the other, to ask through
diplomatic channels, that the flights be authorized.
My Government gives its agreement to this understanding under the
technical conditions of the laws and regulations of the country,
existing, or which may exist, concerning the entry and landing
of airplanes, and of which I will send you copies, as’ soon as I
have them in my possession.
I note that besides the conditions mentioned in the Aeronautical
Bulletin No. 7–C, of which Your Excellency has sent me a copy,
foreigners desiring to go to the United States should consult
the American Consular Agent, regarding a visa for entry into
that country, and that they are obliged, in conformity with the
regulations’ of the Internal Revenue Bureau, to prove that they
have paid all revenue taxes due to the Government of that
country.
It is understood that our Governments desired simply to arrive at
an understanding of the interpretation of the Havana Convention
on Commercial Aviation—without making any supplement to that
Convention—in so far as it concerns the right of private
airplanes of the contracting parties to enter their respective
territories, without making it necessary to obtain an
authorization for the flight from the Government of the country
to which the flight is being made.
Please accept [etc.]
