55 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA-NAVAL AND AIR BASES-MAR. 27,1941 (5) The United States and British authorities will collaborate to prevent their respective mails, in the Leased Areas or in the Terri- tories in which they are located, being used prejudicially to the security of the other. (6) There will be no examination of official mail of either Govern- ment by the other under any conditions. 2. If your Excellency's Government agrees to this understanding, I would suggest that the present Note and your reply to that effect be regarded as placing it on record. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, JOHN G. WINANT The Rt. Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, C.H., M.P ., &c., &c., &c. The British Prime Minister to the American Ambassador FOREIGN OFFICE, LONDON, S.W . 1, YOUR EXCELLENCY, March 27, 1941. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's Note of to-day's date concerning censorship, the terms of which are as follows:- "Excellency, "I have the honor to inform your Excellency that my Govern- ment has agreed to the following understanding in respect of Article XVI of the Agreement signed this day between our respective Governments concerning the lease of Bases:- "(1) Mails passing between United States Post Offices shall not be subject to censorship except by the United States. " (2) In connection with the establishment of any United States Post Offices in a Leased Area, the United States will arrange administratively, for such time as Great Britain may be at war, for the examination of all non-official incoming or outgoing mail destined for or originating in a Leased Area. "(3) The use of these Post Offices will be strictly limited to persons entitled under Article XVI to use them, and any mail deposited in such a Post Office which may be found by the United States examiners to be from a person not entitled to use it will, if required, be made available to the authorities of the Terri- tory for examination. "(4) Should the United States be at war and Great Britain be neutral, the British Government will ensure that a similar procedure is adopted, with respect to incoming or outgoing mail destined for or originating in the Territory in which a Leased Area is located, to safeguard the interests of the United States in the Leased Area. 1597
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