months after one of the High Contracting Parties have given notice to the other of an intention to terminate it. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty and have affixed thereunto their seals. Done in Washington on the 22d day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fourteen. MILITARY AVIATION MISSION Agreement signed at Washington September 4, 1941 Extended by agreements of November 1 and December 3, 1945;1 Octo- 3 Amended by agreement of October 20, 1949, and January 20 and Superseded by agreement of June 30, 1956, as amended* 55 Stat. 1338; Executive Agreement Series 219 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA In conformity with the request of the Government of the Republic of Bolivia to the Government of the United States of America, the President of the United States of America has authorized the appointment of officers and enlisted men to constitute a Military Aviation Mission to the Republic of Bolivia under the conditions specified below: TITLE I Purpose and Duration ARTICLE 1. The purpose of this Mission is to cooperate with the Minister of National Defense of Bolivia and with the personnel of the Bolivian Air Force with a view to enhancing the efficiency of the Bolivian Air Force. ARTICLE 2. This Mission shall continue for a period of four years from the date of the signing of this Agreement by the accredited representatives of the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Bolivia, unless previously terminated or extended as hereinafter provided. Any member of the Mission may be recalled by the Government of the United States of America after the expiration of two years of service, in which case another member shall be furnished to replace him. 1 Not printed. 26 UST 578; TIAS 3192. 6 UST 575; TIAS 3192. 47 UST 2017, 10 UST 742; TIAS 3604, 4209. ARTICLE 3. If the Government of Bolivia should desire that the services of the Mission be extended beyond the stipulated period, it shall make a written proposal to that effect six months before the expiration of this Agreement. ARTICLE 4. This Agreement may be terminated before the expiration of the period of four years prescribed in Article 2, or before the expiration of the extension authorized in Article 3, in the following manner: (a) By either of the Governments, subject to three months' written notice to the other Government; (b) By the recall of the entire personnel of the Mission by the Government of the United States of America in the public interest of the United States of America, without necessity of compliance with provision (a) of this Article. ARTICLE 5. This Agreement is subject to cancellation upon the initiative of either the Government of the United States of America or the Government of Bolivia in case either country becomes involved in domestic or foreign hostilities. TITLE II Composition and Personnel ARTICLE 6. This Mission shall consist of such personnel of the United States Army Air Corps as may be agreed upon by the Minister of National Defense of Bolivia through its authorized representative in Washington and by the War Department of the United States of America. TITLE III Duties, Rank and Precedence ARTICLE 7. The personnel of the Mission shall perform such duties as may be agreed upon between the Minister of National Defense of Bolivia and the Chief of the Mission. ARTICLE 8. The members of the Mission shall be responsible solely to the Minister of National Defense of Bolivia, through the Chief of the Mission. ARTICLE 9. Each member of the Mission shall serve on the Mission with the rank he holds in the United States Army Air Corps, with the exception of the noncommissioned officers who shall be commissioned Second Lieutenants in the Bolivian Army. The members of the Mission shall wear either the uniform of the United States Army Air Corps or of the Bolivian Army to which they shall be entitled, at the discretion of the Chief of the Mission, but shall have precedence over all Bolivian officers of the same rank. ARTICLE 10. Each member of the Mission shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges which the Regulations of the Bolivian Air Force provide for Bolivian officers and subordinate personnel of corresponding rank. ARTICLE 11. The personnel of the Mission shall be governed by the disciplinary regulations of the United States Army Air Corps. TITLE IV Compensation and Perquisites ARTICLE 12. Members of the Mission shall receive from the Government of Bolivia such net annual compensation as may be agreed upon between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Bolivia for each member. This compensation shall be paid in twelve (12) equal monthly instalments, each due and payable on the last day of the month. The compensation shall not be subject to any tax, now or hereafter in effect, of the Government of Bolivia or of any of its political or administrative subdivisions. Should there, however, at present or while this Agreement is in effect, be any taxes that might affect this compensation, such taxes shall be borne by the Ministry of National Defense of Bolivia in order to comply with the provision of this Article that the compensation agreed upon shall be net. ARTICLE 13. The compensation agreed upon as indicated in the preceding Article shall commence upon the date of departure from the United States of America of each member of the Mission, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, shall continue, following the termination of duty with the Mission, for the return voyage to the United States of America and thereafter for the period of any accumulated leave which may be due. ARTICLE 14. The compensation due for the period of the return trip and accumulated leave shall be paid to a detached member of the Mission before his departure from Bolivia, and such payment shall be computed for travel by the shortest usually traveled route to the port of entry in the United States of America, regardless of the route and method of travel used by the member of the Mission. ARTICLE 15. Each member of the Mission and his family shall be furnished by the Government of Bolivia with first-class accommodations for travel, via the shortest usually traveled route, required and performed under this Agreement, between the port of embarkation in the United States of America and his official residence in Bolivia, both for the outward and for the return voyage. The Government of Bolivia shall also pay all expenses of shipment of household effects, baggage and automobile of each member of the Mission between the port of embarkation in the United States of America and his official residence in Bolivia as well as all expenses incidental to the transportation of such household effects, baggage and automobile from Bolivia to the port of entry in the United States of America. Transportation of such household effects, baggage and automobile shall be effected in one shipment, and all subsequent shipments shall be at the expense of the re spective members of the Mission except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, or when such shipments are necessitated by circumstances beyond their control. Payment of expenses for the transportation of families, household effects and automobiles, in the case of personnel who may join the Mission for temporary duty at the request of the Minister of National Defense of Bolivia, shall not be required under this Agreement, but shall be determined by negotiations between the War Department of the United States of America and the authorized representative of the Minister of National Defense of Bolivia in Washington at such time as the detail of personnel for such temporary duty may be agreed upon. ARTICLE 16. The Government of Bolivia shall grant, upon request of the Chief of the Mission, exemption from customs duties on articles imported by the members of the Mission for their personal use and for the use of members of their families. ARTICLE 17. Compensation for transportation and traveling expenses in the Republic of Bolivia on official business of the Government of Bolivia shall be provided by the Government of Bolivia in accordance with the provisions of Article 10. ARTICLE 18. The Government of Bolivia shall provide the Chief of the Mission with a suitable automobile with chauffeur, for use on official business. Suitable motor transportation with chauffeur, and when necessary an airplane properly equipped, shall on call be made available by the Government of Bolivia for use by the members of the Mission for the conduct of the official business of the Mission. ARTICLE 19. The Government of Bolivia shall provide suitable office space and facilities for the use of the members of the Mission. ARTICLE 20. If any member of the Mission, or any of his family, should die in Bolivia, the Government of Bolivia shall have the body transported to such place in the United States of America as the surviving members of the family may decide, but the cost to the Government of Bolivia shall not exceed the cost of transporting the remains from the place of decease to New York City. Should the deceased be a member of the Mission, his services with the Mission shall be considered to have terminated fifteen (15) days after his death. Return transportation to New York City for the family of the deceased member and for their baggage, household effects and automobile shall be provided as prescribed in Article 15. All compensation due the deceased member, including salary for fifteen (15) days subsequent to his death, and reimbursement for expenses and transportation due the deceased member for travel performed on official business of Bolivia, shall be paid to the widow of the deceased member or to any other person who may have been designated in writing by the deceased while serving under the terms of this Agreement; but such widow or other person shall not be compensated for accrued leave due and not taken by the deceased. All compensations due the widow, or |