Nr. I Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika houdende een overeenkomst inzake de installatie van een militair televisiestation te Soesterberg
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
No. 99
The Hague, December 7, 1981
Excellency,
I have the honor to refer to the Agreement between our Governments of August 13, 1954 concerning the stationing of United States Forces in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to recent discussions between officials of the Embassy and the Kingdom of the Netherlands regarding the United States desire to enhance its ability to inform its forces stationed in the Netherlands by establishing an Armed Forces television transmitter at the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Soesterberg Airfield, for the purpose of disseminating information exclusively for the use of the United States military community in the Netherlands. Such a transmission facility will be of particular importance to improve and ensure military readiness as it enables a timely recalling of service personnel to duty status in time of actual crisis. During peacetime its purpose is to provide information and entertainment to service personnel and their families which is an essential element in unit and individual morale.
I have the honor to propose now that concerning the above the following agreement be concluded between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands:
1. At the United States 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Soesterberg Airfield an American Forces Network Europe television transmitter will be stationed.
2. Operation of the television transmitter will be conducted within the following parameters:
a. Programing will initially be provided by a manned studio playing pre-recorded video-tape material with the capability for only limited local programing for command information purposes.
b. Programs will be strictly non-commercial.
c. All transmitting periods will begin and end with a statement that programing is intended exclusively for the United States military community at Soesterberg. The US authorities will not authorize any usage of the programed material for other than the official US audience.
d. A low-power transmitter, sufficient to serve US military personnel within a radius of 15 kilometers of Soesterberg Airfield, will be used, applying NTSC-standard (system M).
e. The competent authorities shall establish a Technical Schedule giving all details for the implementation of the provisions of this Agreement. In order to prevent interference and other disturbances, this Schedule shall contain provisions which are, as much as possible, consistent with the relevant Netherlands' regulations, in the understanding that there is a strong preference for a channel higher than 68. The above mentioned authorities shall, whenever appropriate, consult each other to determine if any modification to the Schedule is required.
3. The arrangement referred to in this note will remain in effect for the duration of the stationing of US Armed Forces in the Netherlands or until such time as the two Governments mutually agree upon their termination.
If the foregoing provisions are acceptable to your Government, this note and Your Excellency's reply thereto indicating such acceptance shall constitute the agreement between our two Governments concerning this matter.
After the approval constitutionally required in the Netherlands has been obtained, the present agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt by the US Government of a relevant notification from the Netherlands Government.
Accept, Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.
(sd.) WILLIAM J. DYESS
His Excellency
Max van der Stoel
Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Netherlands
- Regeling
- Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika houdende een overeenkomst inzake de installatie van een militair televisiestation te Soesterberg
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 19-07-1983
- BWB-id
- BWBV0002049
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- 1983-07-19_0