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sary the continuation of the use of any of the said'defense bases or sites, the two Governments shall again enter into mutual consultation and shall conclude the new Agreement which the circumstances require.
ARTICLE VI.
All buildings and structures which are erected by the United States in the said areas shall be the property of the United States, and may be removed by it before the expiration of this Agreement. Any other buildings or structures already existing in the-areas at the time of' occupation shall be available for the use of the United States. There shall be no obligation on the part of the United States herein or the Republic of Panamh to rebuild or repair any destruction or damage inflicted from any cause whatsoever on any of the said buildings or structures owned or used by the United States in the said areas. The United States is not obliged to turn over to Panamh the areas at the expiration of this lease in the condition in which they were at the time of 'their occupation,' nor. is the Republic of Panama obliged to allow any compensation to the United States for the improvements made in the said areas or for the. buildings or structures left thereon, all of which shall become the property of the Republic of Panama" upon the termination of the use by the United States of the areas where the structures have been built.
ARTICLE VII.
The areas of land referred to in Article I, the property of the United States situated therein, and the military and civilian personnel of the United States and families thereof who live in the said areas, shall be exempt from any tax, inposts or other charges of any kind by the Republic of Panama or its political subdivisions during the term of this Agreemen~t.
ARTICLE VIII.
The United States shall complete the construction at its own expense of the highways described below, under the conditions and with the materials specified:
Highway A-3. (Shall extend from Pinia on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus to the Canal Zone boundary at the Rio Providencia. It shall be at least ten feet in width and constructed of macadam.)
Extension of the Tans-Isthmian Highway following the line of the P-8 road. (Specifications shall be the same as for the Trans-Isthmian Hihwy Th extesion shall star atMdial, by-passin Madden Dam byabigeoe he Chages River beo h a connect with the P-8 road at Roque and shl xedthe P-S roadfrmPel Nuv noPanama City. It understood that the p avement o the