Executive Agreement Series No. 72
811.7425 Amateur/6
The American Ambassador in Chile (Sevier) to the Chilean Minister for Foreign Affairs (Cruchaga T.)12
Excellency: In view of the important services rendered by amateurs in the development of radio communication and the desirability of liberalizing the restrictions dealing with such amateurs, I have the honor to confirm to Your Excellency the terms of the following understanding between our respective governments, as provided for in Article 8 of the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention of Madrid, 1932:
Amateur radio stations of Chile and of the United States may interchange messages on behalf of third parties, provided that such messages shall be of the character that would not normally be sent by any existing means of electrical communication or except for the availability of the amateur stations, and on which no compensation must be directly or indirectly paid.
This arrangement shall apply to the United States and its territories and possessions including Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal [Zone] and the Philippine Islands.
[Page 774]This arrangement shall be subject to termination by either government on sixty days’ notice to the other government, by further arrangement between the two governments dealing with the same subject, or by the enactment of legislation in either country inconsistent therewith.
It is understood that the above stated arrangement will be effective on the date of the receipt of a note from the Chilean Government stating its acceptance thereof.
I avail myself [etc.]
- Copy transmitted to the Department by the Ambassador in Chile in his despatch No. 219, October 30; received November 8.↩