not the Union, is involved. To this end the Union Government will take, if necessary in peace, any measures required to ensure the availability of additional facilities elsewhere in the Union for use by the South African Navy in a war in which the United Kingdom, but not the Union, is involved.

5. The Union Government will maintain the facilities of the base at Simonstown in a state of efficiency not inferior to that existing at the time of transfer.

6. The Union Government agree to expand the facilities of the base to the extent necessary to ensure the fulfilment of this Agreement, taking into account the expansion of the South African Navy referred to in the Agreement on defence of the sea routes round Southern Africa.

7. It is agreed that the Royal Naval Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, will retain his present responsibilities for, and authority over, the wireless telegraphy installations known as Slangkop, Klaver, and Cape East until a date to be decided by mutual agreement, when the South African Navy can provide the officers and senior ratings together with the majority of the remaining communications personnel. After the transfer of the wireless telegraphy installations, the Union Government will continue to fulfil the requirements of the world-wide wireless organisation of the Royal Navy and will provide the Commanderin-Chief with the necessary facilities for that purpose; they will also continue to employ Royal Naval personnel for the maintenance of equipment at the two transmitting stations until, by mutual agreement, the South African Navy are able to provide all the officers and men required for this purpose. The Union Government will, in the event of a war in which the United Kingdom is involved, place the command and control of the wireless telegraphy installations in the hands of the Commanderin-Chief.

8. It is agreed that the necessary detailed preparations for the transfer of the base will be put in hand immediately upon the signing of this Agreement and will be completed as soon as possible. It is further agreed that transfer of administration and control will take place as soon as all the necessary preparations have been made, but not later than 31st March, 1957. Nevertheless, should it become apparent that all the necessary preparations cannot be completed by that date, the two Governments will consult together on the measures to be taken.

9. This Agreement will remain in force until such time as the two Governments decide otherwise by mutual agreement.

I have the honour to confirm on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom the terms recorded above and should be glad if you would confirm their acceptance by your Government. This letter and your reply to it would then constitute an agreement between our Governments.

I have the honour, &c.

SELWYN LLOYD.

(No. 6)-Letter from Mr. Erasmus to Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, London, 30th June, 1955

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to your letter of 30th June, regarding our recent discussions in London concerning the transfer of the Simonstown Naval Base, and to confirm that the terms recorded in your letter as set out below are acceptable to my Government. [As in No. 5]

I hereby confirm that your letter and this reply of mine to it constitute an agreement between our Governments.

I have the honour, &c.

F. C. ERASMUS.

(No. 7)-Letter from Mr. Selwyn Lloyd to Mr. Erasmus, London, 30th June, 1955

Dear Mr. Erasmus,

With reference to the agreement concluded to-day, on the transfer of the Simonstown Naval Base, I write to confirm on behalf of the United Kingdom Government the enclosed details of the ancillary, administrative and financial arrangements decided upon for the purpose of implementing that agreement.

I shall be glad if you will confirm their acceptance by the Union Government.

Yours sincerely,

SELWYN LLOYD.

ENCLOSURE

1. The Union Government recognise that, to maintain the facilities of the base at Simonstown in a state of efficiency not

inferior to that existing at the time of transfer, the replacement of United Kingdom personnel of the base by South African personnel must be a gradual and controlled process. Detailed proposals for this replacement are at Annex A. The Union Government will in accordance with requirements continue to send South African personnel to the United Kingdom for training in dockyard and armament supply work.

2. The Union Government will give to United Kingdom personnel lent by the Admiralty conditions of service not less favourable than those set out at Annex B. In connection with the condition that such personnel should not be required to learn Afrikaans, the Union Government will take measures to ensure that no difficulty arises in practice from the use of English by such personnel.

3. In order to ensure that the standard of efficiency of the base is maintained, the Union Government agree to retain at least the present standard for the entry and training of locally-entered apprentices, and for the recruitment of skilled and semi-skilled labour generally.

4. The Union Government confirm:

(a) that there will be no bar to the recruitment and employment of non-Europeans.

(b) that there will be no discrimination based on colour in the rates of pay for comparable jobs.

(c) that non-Europeans, once recruited, will have the same security of tenure as Europeans.

(The foregoing (a), (b), and (c) are in accordance with the accepted policy of the Union Government, (b) being the present practice in the Cape Province and (c) the present practice in the Union.)

5. The Union Government agree that no locally-entered employee in service in the base at the date of transfer will be discharged except for serious misconduct, inefficiency, or redundancy. The conditions of service and superannuation rights of locally-entered civilian personnel in Admiralty service when transfer occurs will be not less favourable than those set out at Annex C.

6. In peace the refit and docking programmes at Simonstown will be settled directly between the Royal Naval Commander-inChief, South Atlantic, and the South African Naval Chief of

Staff. The Union Government will send vessels of the South African Navy acquired from the United Kingdom to the United Kingdom for such refits as cannot be undertaken at Simonstown Dockyard.

7. Detailed particulars of the measures that the Union Government will take to expand the base facilities are at Annex D.

8. Arrangements will be made by mutual agreement between the two Governments to settle, on the lines suggested in the report of the Joint Working Party submitted in November, 1954, miscellaneous questions arising out of the transfer of the control and administration of the base. These will include the use of detention quarters, recreational amenities, the dockyard church, the sick bay, and the chart depot, the establishment of distributing authorities, and questions of naval discipline.

9. The Royal Navy will wish to store certain strategic reserves of ammunition (approximately 2,500 tons) at Ganspan after the armament depot there has been transferred to the Union Government, in addition to 500 tons of Royal Naval ammunition that it will be necessary to store at Simonstown. The Union Government agree in principle to this, subject to conditions to be determined.

10. Financial arrangements for the transfer will be as described in Annex E.

11. It is agreed that the terms of this agreement, except when they specifically modify the report of the Joint Working Party submitted in November, 1954, shall be regarded as amplified by that report.

12. Throughout this agreement and its Annexes the word "Admiralty" shall be interpreted as referring to the British Admiralty.

ANNEX A

REPLACEMENT OF UNITED KINGDOM PERSONNEL BY

SOUTH AFRICAN PERSONNEL

1. The replacement of personnel from the United Kingdom employed in the base by South African personnel must, it is agreed, be governed by the need to ensure that the efficiency of the base is maintained. Initially, and until South African

personnel have acquired sufficient knowledge and experience, most of the posts at present filled by United Kingdom nonindustrial or industrial staff will have to continue to be so filled. It will be necessary for volunteers from the United Kingdom to come forward for tours of duty under the Union Government; conditions of service for personnel lent to the Union Government will be not less favourable than those set out in Annex B.

2. As an exception to this general principle, however, South African officers will be appointed to understudy the existing United Kingdom officers for varying minimum periods in certain appointments, including those of Captain Superintendent of the Dockyard and Chief Engineer for whom understudies will be appointed at once. Such an arrangement will not be possible in the posts of the Heads of the Constructive, Armament Supply, and Works Departments. These posts will have, together with the majority of the rest at present filled by United Kingdom staff in all the departments of the Dockyard, to be filled by Admiralty employees on loan until such time as these can be replaced by South African personnel with the necessary qualifications and experience. The South African officer provisionally designated to succeed the Electrical Engineer-in-Charge will be sent to the United Kingdom for the acquisition of the requisite knowledge and experience. On his return to Simonstown he will understudy the United Kingdom-based Electrical Engineer-in-Charge for a short period before relieving him.

3. In the Chargeman, Inspector, Draughtsman, Foreman, and Leading Draughtsman grades, it is expected that the periods of the change over from United Kingdom to South African personnel will necessarily be substantial.

4. Details of the replacement of United Kingdom personnel by South African personnel will have to be worked out in the light of experience, bearing in mind the principle agreed by both Governments that the efficiency of the base must be maintained.

5. Conversely, it might be necessary, in order to meet the needs of the expansion programme for the South African Navy, to secure for a time additional United Kingdom personnel for the Dockyard if the Admiralty are in a position to provide them.