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shall constitute an Agreement between Canada and the United States 

 which shall enter into force on the date of your reply. 



Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest 

 consideration. 



^IiTCHELL Sharp 

 Secretary of State 



for External Ajfcvirs; 

 His Excellency 



The Honourable William J. Porter, 



Ambassador of the United States of America^ 

 Ottawa. 



The American Ambassador to the Canadian Secretary of State for 



External Affairs 



EMBASSY OF THE 

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 



^'«- 106 Ottawa, Jojne 19, 197^ 



Sir: 



I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note No. FLA-362 

 of June 19, 1974 which reads as follows : 

 "Excellency, 



I have the honour to refer to the discussions between representa- 

 tives of our Governments in Washington, D.C. and in Ottawa 

 concerning the establishment of joint pollution contingency plans 

 for waters of mutual interest, leading to the development of a joint 

 Canada-United States Marine Contingency Plan for spills of oil 

 and other noxious substances. 



I have the honour to propose that the joint Canada-United 

 States JNIarine Contingency Plan for spills of oil and other noxious 

 substances, shall be promulgated by the Canadian Ministry of 

 Transport and the United States Coast Guard and shall be main- 

 tained in force, as amended from time to time, to coordinate 

 responses to significant pollution threats to the waters covered by 

 the provisions of the Plan. 



It would be the responsibility of the Canadian Ministry of 

 Transport and the United States Coast Guard to administer and 

 maintain the Plan as promulgated, or as amended from time to 

 time. 



Maintenance of the Plan and actions thereunder would be without 

 prejudice to the positions of the Government of the United States 

 and of Canada, with respect to coastal state jurisdiction over 

 pollution, and without prejudice to any other positions of the two 

 Goyernrnents regarding the extent of territorial or maritime 

 jurisdiction. 



If the foregoing proposals are acceptable to the Government of 

 the United States, I have the honour to propose that this Note, which 

 is equally authentic in English and French, and Your Excellency's 

 reply shall constitute an Agreement between Canada and the United 

 States which shall enter into force on the date of your reply. 



Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest 

 consideration." 



