No. I Notawisseling tussen de Nederlandse en de Amerikaanse Regering, houdende een Overeenkomst betreffende de oprichting van een Technisch Studiecentrum voor de luchtverdediging
AMERICAN EMBASSY
The Hague, Netherlands,
December 14, 1954.
Excellencies:
I refer to the statement of the United States Permanent Representative to the NATO Council on November 10, 1954, regarding the establishment of a SHAPE Air Defense Technical Center. As you know, the Center will be an adjunct of SHAPE and its purpose will be to provide technical advice and assistance to SHAPE in connection with the Air Defense of NATO, so as to strengthen further the defenses of the North Atlantic Area and to facilitate the effective participation of the NATO nations in the United Nations system for collective security. As a means of establishing and operating the center for the benefit of SHAPE and NATO nations and to achieve the purpose mentioned above, the Government of the United States, under the authority of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, is considering entering into a contract with the „Rijksverdedigings Organisatie TNO” (RVO-TNO) (National Defense Research Council TNO). I enclose as an attachment to this letter a copy of the agreed draft text of this contract. It will be seen that this contract would permit RVO-TNO to carry out its contractual responsibilities through the agency of a foundation to be established in the Netherlands under RVO-TNO and to be designated the SHAPE Air Defense Technical Center (ADTC, sometimes herein called the Center).
In order to enable the Center to perform its functions it is in the opinion of my Government essential that your Government support the establishment and operation of the Center in the Netherlands and that it be in agreement with the terms of the contract between my Government and RVO-TNO now under consideration. I would appreciate hearing from the Netherlands Government that this is the case and that the Netherlands Government is prepared to make such arrangements as will enable the Center to operate effectively in accordance with the contract.
Prior to concluding any contractual agreement with RVO-TNO my Government desires to be informed about the arrangements, which will be made by your Government in the following particulars:
a) The establishment and operation of the NATO security system at the Center;
b) The provision of classified communication facilities and services;
c) The provision of the attributes of international status for the Center;
d) The provision of housing for the foreign personnel of the Center;
e) The audit of expenditures made in connection with the proposed contract between RVO-TNO and the Government of the United States;
f) The safeguarding of the security of patent applications and the facilitating of the implementation of the patent provisions of the contract;
g) The provision of the necessary land;
h) The exemption of United States expenditures under this contract from taxes;
i) The protection of the United States from liability;
j) The utilization by the United States of local currency for purposes of discharging its contract obligations;
k) Special arrangements for the Center regarding foreign exchange;
l) The determination of residual value of any immovable property erected on property owned or used by the Center;
m) The granting of waiver, release or licences from or under regulations affecting the procurement of goods and services;
n) The facilitating of subcontracting both within and outside the Netherlands.
Furthermore, for the proper execution of the functions of the officer designated as United States Advisor, in accordance with the contract between my Government and RVO-TNO, it would be appreciated if the United States Advisor and the members of his official staff may be accorded appropriate privileges.
Finally, when in the future my Government announces its desire to withdraw from, terminate, or otherwise alter its contractual relationship with RVO-TNO so as to transfer its rights and responsibilities to SHAPE or to some designated subsidiary body of the North Atlantic Council, it will be necessary that such transfer be facilitated by your Government and that arrangements, rights and immunities equivalent to those accorded by you to the Center, be accorded to SHAPE or such designated subsidiary body of the North Atlantic Council, as well as to RVO-TNO, the Center and all personnel thereof, unless otherwise agreed with the proper NATO authorities.
Please accept, Excellencies, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.
(sd.) H. FREEMAN MATTHEWS
Their Excellencies
J. W. Beyen,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and J. M. A. H. Luns,
Minister without Portfolio,
Royal Netherlands Ministry
for Foreign Affairs,
The Hague.
- Regeling
- Notawisseling tussen de Nederlandse en de Amerikaanse Regering, houdende een Overeenkomst betreffende de oprichting van een Technisch Studiecentrum voor de luchtverdediging
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 30-06-1958
- BWB-id
- BWBV0005147
- Versie
- 1958-06-30_0