CHICAGO AIR MEETING

Southland Times, Issue 25537, 4 December 1944, Page 5

CHICAGO AIR MEETING

FIVE FREEDOMS AGREEMENT ' NON-INCLUSION IN CONVENTION (Rec. 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 2. At a special meeting of the drafting committee of the Chicago air conference the British succeeded in separating the five freedoms agreement from the formal convention embodying the achievements of the conference. The Associated Press of America says that this represented a partial victory for the British who did not desire the presentation of the five freedoms in any form, and a setback to the Americans who wanted the document attached to the general agreement as an optional pact. However, the change is apparently more in form thanrin substance, since the five freedoms document now merely stands alone for individual action by participating nations later. The final decision on the air freedoms issue was deferred on the recommendation of the chairman, Mr Adolf Berle. The international air organization will have its permanent headquarters in Canada. A Chicago correspondent, quoting official sources for this statement, adds: “It is reported that Britain is agreeable to the possibility of an international civil aviation convention containing the right to fly through the air space of any nation in peaceful transit and the right to make non-traffic landings. The delegates are preparing to leave Chicago this weekend with a separate agreement providing the freedom of the air for the nations desiring it and a continuation of the prewar system of bilateral negotiations for others.” U.S. AIR AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN Use Of Spanish Airfields (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. The representatives of the United States in Spain today signed a commercial air agreement giving the United States the right to use Spain as a gateway for three air routes into Europe and Africa, says the . correspondent of the Associated Press of America at Madrid. The agreement provides for the use of Spanish airfields by the United States passenger, mail and freight planes. It gives Spain the right to operate airlines across the United States on similar conditions to those granted the United States.