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CONFIDENTIAL
Lease io the United States of America "by His
Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of
certain areas of land and water in Newfoundland.
His Majesty's Government in the United
Kingdom, "being desirous at this time to execute in
part the declarations made on its behalf "by his
Excellency The Right Honorable The Marquess of
Lothian, C.H., British Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary, in his communication of September 2,
19U0, "co the Government of the United States of
America, a opy of which is hereto appended and made
a part hereof, do by these presents to that end,
make and execute the following:
His Majesty's Government hereby lease to
the United States of America for the period of ninety-
nine years from the date on which possession thereof
shall be formally transferred the following areas of
land and water situated in Newfoundland:
(1) Beginning at the intersection of the shoreline
northwest of Placentia with latitude U7° 16' N»
thence due east approximately 7300 feet to
longitude 53° 58' 18" W.;    thence in a
northeasterly direction approximately 8200
feet to latitude U7° 17' 15" N., longitude
53° 57* 25" W.;   thence in a northwesterly
direction approximately i|.200 feet to the
intersection of the shoreline witn longitude
53° 571 58" V/,;   thence along the shoreline
to the point of beginning, including therein
the Peninsula of Argentia lying between Little
Placentia Harbor and Placentia Bay, the
entire site containing approximately 2610
acres:   there is reserved from the foregoing
all those areas, contained within a right-
of-way of the Kewfoundland Railroad Company,
its wharf, property and station at Argentia,
as may be determined by the United States to,
be essential to the operation of said
railroad,    (see enclosure (A)).
(2) Referring to the map of St. John's, by V/.P.
Ryan, City Engineer, dated 1932, and
beginning at a point on the south side of the
harbor, forty feet outboard of the face of
the Baine Johnson wharf, on the extension of/
the Baine Johnson - Bowring Brother's joint
property line, proceed approximately 1250
feet in a southwesterly direct line toward
the end of the Monroe Export Company pier,
to the Monroe Export Company - A.E. Hickman
joint property line;   thence 800 feet in a
southeasterly direction along the extension
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of said property line; thence approximately
1150 feet in a northeasterly direction
parallel to the north boundary of the area
to an intersection with the extension of the
Baine Johnson - Bowring Brother's joint
property line;    thence approximately 800 feet
in a northv/esterly direction alon:: said
property line to the point of beginning, the
entire site containing approximately 22 acres;
there is reserved from the foregoing all that
area contained within a right-of-way of the
South Side Road as may he determined by the
United States to be essential to the operation
of the said road,    (see enclosure (B)).
(3)    Beginning at the intersection of The Boulevarde,
along the northwest suore of Qnidi Vidi Lake,
with the road approximately perpendicular
thereto at the Rose residence (marked Grove
Farm Road on enclosure (C)); thence
approximately 600 yards northwest along the
road and its extension;    thence generally
north on an irregular line along, but not
including, the southeast edge of the golf
course;    thence genera.ly north to the
junction of the White Hills Roads; thence
southeast along the northernmost of these
roads to The Boulevarde;   thence generally
southwest to point of beginning;   and an
area about 300 feet wide connecting the
foregoing area and the shoreline of Quidi
Vidi Lake, the entire site containing
approximately 160 acres,    (see enclosure (C)).
(h)   An area, suitable for development as an
intermediate landing field, for aircraft,
located in the general vicinity of St. Georges.
(5)   The exact metes and bounds of the above
described areas shall be established by survey.
The grant of the foregoing areas of land and water
shall include the following:
(a) The right, power and authority to use, fill, and
occupy the v/aters adjacent to said   areas and to
improve and deepen the entrances thereto and the
anchorages thereof and generally to do any and all
things necessary to fit the premises for use as naval
and air bases.
(b) Exclusive rights, power, authority, and control
within the aforesaid areas and within the territorial
waters and air spaces adjacent to or in the vicinity of
said areas except as hereinafter otherwise provided.
(c) The right, power, and authority to assume
military control and conduct military operations within
any part of Newfoundland and surrounding waters and air
space to the extent which may become necessary or
convenient for the protection of the property,
instrumentalities, and activities of the United States
of America or otherwise to safeguard its national
interests, and to insure the adequate defence of the
Newfoundland Airport and of St. John's.
(d) The right, power, and authority to control the
anchorage, moorings, movements, communications, and
operations of whatever character of all ships, vessels,
or other watercra/t within the limits of the areas
leased at Argentia and the territorial waters adjacent
to or in the vininity of such areas, to such extent as
may be found necessary or convenient in the use,
control, and defense of such areas.
(e) The right, power, and authority to control the
movements, communications, and operations of its own
public ships, vessels, and floating equipment to, from
and at its docks, quays, piers and wharves in St.
John's Harbor.
(f) The right, power, and authority to control the
anchorage, moorings, takeoffs, flights, landings,
movements, and operation of all aircraft within the
limits of the areas leased, and within the territorial
waters and air spaces adjacent to or in the vicinity
of such areas, to such extent as may be found necessary
or convenient in the use, control, and defense of
such areas.
(g) The right, power, and authority to regulate and
control all external and internal communications of
whatever nature from, to, and within the areas leased.
(h) The right, pov/er, and authority to employ and use
all commercial or public utilities, services, and
facilities, all roads, highways, bridges, viaducts,
and similar channels of transportation to the same
extent and under the same conditions as His Majesty's
Government.
(i) The right, pov/er, and authority to install,
maintain, and operate at such sites as may be necessary
or convenient, armament, underwater defenses, including
mines, nets, booms, sound detection, and other similar
devices;    control stations ashore, beacons, dispensary
and first aid stations, lights, warning or detecting
devices, and military police, to such extent as may be
found necessary or convenient in the use, control, and
protection of the areas leased.
(j)   The right, power, and authority to acquire by
supplementary lease from His Majesty's Government for
the unexpired period of this lease, without
consideration otner than just compensation to private
owners if any, additional areas, sites, locations,
and rights of way for auxiliary air base facilities,
gun emplacements, explosive storage, roads, causeways,
bridges, powerlines, watermains, sewers and similar
facilities to such extent as may be found necessary or
convenient for the establishment, maintenance, use and
projection of naval and air oases in the aforesaid
leased areas.
(k)   The right, power, and authority to use all public
lands, areas, sites, air fields, forts, docks, piers,,
quays, berths, ships, repair facilities, arsenals,
magazines, and hospitals to the extent which may
become necessary or convenient for the protection of
the property, instrumentalities, and activities of the
United States, or otherwise to safeguard its national
interests without compensation other than reimbursement
of any additional cost directly resulting from such use
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(1)    The privilege of importing free from all dues,
imposts, excises, tolls, customs, levies, or assessments
of any nature whatever, all ships, boats, aircraft, areas
machinery, supplies, materials, equipment, clothing,
household furnishings, provisions, goods, wares,
merchandise and articles similar to the aforesaid,
consigned to or destined for any activity of the United
States of America, its military, naval, or civil
personnel, contractors, and the dependents of all the
foregoing residing in Newfoundland, subject to the
condition that articles so imported shall not be further
sold or transferred to other interests in Newfoundland.
(m)    The right, power, and authority to admit into
Newfoundland, free from any restrictions whatever
during their tour of duty or employment, military and
naval personnel of the United States of America, its
employees, its contractors performing contracts for it
locally, and the dependents of all the foregoing.
(n)    The right, pov/er, and authority to remove all
improvements placed upon the leased areas at any time
before the expiration or   termination of this lease or
of any renewal thereof or within a reasonable time
thereafter.
The United States of America shall be under
no obligation to improve the leased areas in whole or in
part for use as naval or air bases, nor to exercise
any right, pov/er, or authority herein granted;   and if
it shall make such improvements or exercise any such
right, pov/er, or authority it shall nevertheless
have the privilege of abandoning any part or all of
the foregoing at any time without consent of His
Majesty's Government and without incurring any
obligation by reason of such abandonment.
The United States of America shall be under
no obligation or responsibility under the terms of this
lease for the civil administration or defense of
Kewfoundland or any part thereof, or for the maintenance
of military or naval forces within or without the
leased areas.
Crimes and misdemeanors committed within the
leased areas during the occupation and use thereof by
the United States of America shall be punishable either
"by ^he United States or the colonial authorities in
accordance with their respective laws, dependent upon
which shall first acquire jurisdiction of the person
of the offender;   except that either government may on
request deliver the offender to the other for trial;
that in all cases the colonial government shall bring
to trial all offenders turned over to it by the Uidted
States upon request of the colonial authorities or
otherwise, and that all offenders in the service of
the United States, civil or military, shall on demand
be apprehended and delivered to the government of the
United States for trial whether or not the offense
with which charged was committed within or without
the leased areas:   Provided, that the colonial
authorities shall not arrest any person or serve any
process, civil or criminal, within the leased areas
except upon application previously made to the
commanding officer and approved by him: Provided
further, that colonial laws of a regulatory nature, or
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which may otherwise interfere with the use of the
leased premises by the United State?, shall not he
regarded as applicable within such areas.
If the United States of America shall
decide to improve the leased areas in whole or in
part for use as naval or air "bases, then in that
event the harbor   and anchorage areas and landing
fields of the entire Island of Newfoundland shall be
available for joint use by the forces of both
governments.   The docks and other facilities of the
United States naval base at St. John's shall also be
available for the use of His Majesty's Government
when and as conditions permit, the control thereof
nevertheless remaining unimpaired in the government
of the United States of America.
His Majesty's Government undertake to
deliver possession of all lands and facilities,
including such as may be privately owned, within the
leased areas hereinbefore provided for, on such date
as may be determined upon by the United States of
America:   Provided, that the United States of America
shall pay to His Majesty's Government such sum or
sums as may be mutually agreed upon to compensate
the owners of private property for loss by
expropriation or damage arising out of the
establishment of naval or air bases in the leased
areas.
Reference herein made to "enclosure (A),"
"enclosure (B)", and "enclosure (C)," shall be
understood as meaning certain marked maps appended
to and made a part of this lease and entitled,
respectively, "Placentia and Ship Harbors and
Adjacent Anchorages," "St. John's Harbor," and
"Plan Showing Roads in Vicinity of St. John's".