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APPENDIX K
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APPENDIX K CROWN PROPERTIES IN THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS Draft Exchange of Notes between the Representative of
the United Kingdom authorised to sign the Treaty of Establishment and Archbishop Makarios
and Dr. Kutchuk A.-Draft Note to Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Kutchuk Your
Excellencies, I have the honour, with reference to Sections 1 and 4 of
Annex E to the Treaty concerning the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus of today's
date, to propose that: (a) the properties in the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area and
in the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, described in the Schedule attached to this Note and
indicated on the plans annexed thereto, shall be transferred to the Republic of Cyprus and
the necessary legal steps to effect their transfer in accordance with the law in force in
the said areas shall be taken as soon as possible; (b) subject to the military requirements and security needs
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and provided that any actual
expenditure incurred by the Government of the United Kingdom in acquiring any private land
is reimbursed to the Government of the United Kingdom, sympathetic consideration shall be
given to any request from the Government of the Republic of Cyprus for transfer to the
Republic of the property within those areas in which archaeological remains of public
interest are in future discovered; and (c) where property is transferred to the Republic of Cyprus
under the proposals contained in this Note, rights of access to be agreed shall be granted
in connexion with the property concerned. 2. I have the honour further to propose that the Republic
of Cyprus shall have the sole right to use and develop the salt lake at Akrotiri for
economic, commercial, industrial and all other civilian purposes; this right shall not be
in any way limited except in so far as is necessary for the military requirements and
security needs of the United Kingdom. 3. I have the honour to suggest that if the above proposals are acceptable to the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, this Note, together with your reply to that effect, shall be regarded as constituting an agreement in this matter between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus which shall enter into force on today's date. SCHEDULE OF PROPERTIES Number Shown on the Plans Annexed Description (1) Part of the site and remains of Curium. (2) The Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates near Curium. (3) The Stadium of Curium. (4) The ancient cemetery at Ayios Ermoyenis near Curium. (5) Pumphouse and borehole supplying water to the Power Station of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus together with existing rights to lay and maintain a pipeline and electricity cable to that Power Station. (6) Borehole supplying water to Akhna Police Station together with existing rights to lay and maintain a pipeline and electricity cable between that borehole and that Police Station. (7) That part which is situated within the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area of the grounds of the Pergamos School. (8) Movable property in use at the Agricultural Station at Evdhimou. (9) Movable property in use at the nursery ground at Xylotymbou. The areas of the immovable properties numbered (1), (2),
(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) are as so numbered and coloured red on the annexed plans*. B.-Draft Reply by Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Kutchuk Your
Excellency, We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Note of
today's date which reads as follows:- [text as A] 2. Copies of the Schedule attached to your Note and of the
plans annexed to the Schedule are also attached hereto. 3. The proposal set out in that Note is acceptable to the
Government of the Republic of Cyprus and we have the honour therefore to confirm that your
Note, together with this reply, shall constitute an agreement accordingly. * Not printed. |
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