TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 15-715 ________________________________________________________________________

DEFENSE Cooperation Agreement Between the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and POLAND

Effected by Exchange of Notes at Warsaw June 22 and July 15, 2015

NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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POLAND

Defense: Cooperation Agreement effected by exchange of notes at Warsaw June 22 and July 15, 2015; Entered into force July 15, 2015.

No. 15-0268

The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments

to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic of Poland and has the honor

to refer to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of

America and the Government of the Republic ofPoland on the Status of the

Armed Forces of the United States of America in the Territory of the Republic

ofPoland, done at Warsaw, December 11, 2009 (the "Agreement").

Following discussions between representatives of the two

Governments and in furtherance of common defense efforts, including those

conducted within the framework of the European Reassurance Initiative, the

Embassy has the honor to propose that pursuant to Article 3(1) of the

Agreement the specified parts of the following Polish Armed Forces

installations as depicted in the attachments to this Note shall be "agreed

facilities and areas" as defined in Article 2(i) of the Agreement:

• Lask Air Base ("Lask");

• Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area ("Drawsko Pomorskie");

• Skwierzyna Military Complex K-2629 ("Skwierzyna");

• Ciechan6w Military Complex K-0166 ("Ciechan6w"); and

• Choszczno Military Complex K-1267 ("Choszczno").

DIPLOMATIC NOTE

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that United States forces

shall have unimpeded access to and use of the above agreed facilities and

areas. All activities of United States forces and United States contractors,

including unimpeded access of the United States forces, shall be conducted

consistent with the Agreement and all applicable Implementing Arrangements.

The Embassy also proposes that United States forces shall be

authorized to preposition and store property, equipment, supplies, and materiel

("prepositioned materiel") at agreed facilities and areas and that United States

forces shall have exclusive control over prepositioned materiel present or

stored in the territory of the Republic of Poland and shall have the unrestricted

right to remove such items from the territory of the Republic of Poland.

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that the Government of

the United States and the Government of the Republic of Poland or their

designees may modify the agreed facilities and areas by mutual written

consent.

Pursuant to the Agreement the Parties or their designees shall enter

into further arrangements to address technical details regarding the use of

agreed facilities and areas.

If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government of the

Republic of Poland, it is further proposed that this Note, together with the

Ministry's affirmative reply Note, shall constitute an agreement between the

two Governments, which shall enter into force on the date of the Ministry's

reply Note.

The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of this

occasion to renew to the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of the Republic of

Poland the assurances of its highest consideration.

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Embassy of the United States of America.

Warsaw, June 22, 2015.

Attachments (5) Please see separate document for images. -- .. ,,

Lask Air Base

Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas

Drawsko Potnorskie Training Area

Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas

Skwierzyna Military Cotnplex K-2629

Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas

Ciechan6w Military Complex K-0166

Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas

Choszczno Military Complex K-1267

Red boundary: agreed facilities and areas

U.S. Department of State Office of Language Services Translating Division

LS No. 0-2015-003452 Polish/English

PHNL

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic of Poland presents its compliments to the Embassy ofthe United States of America at Warsaw and has the honor to continn receipt of the Embassy's note No. 15-0268 dated June 22, 2015, ofthe following content:

"The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and has the honor to refer to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the Status of the Armed Forces of the United States of America in the TetTitory ofthe Republic of Poland, done at Warsaw, December 11, 2009 (the "Agreement").

Following discussions between representatives ofthc two Governments and in furtherance of common defense efforts, including those conducted within the framework ofthe European Reassurance Initiative, the Embassy has the honor to propose that pursuant to Article 3(1) ofthe Agreement the specified parts ofthe following Polish Armed Forces installations as depicted in the a1tachments to this Note shall be "agreed facilities and area'>" as defined in Article 2(i) ofthe Agreement:

- I.,a'>k Air Base (''Lask");

- Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area ("Drawsko Pomorskie");

- Skwierzyna Military Complex K-2629 ("Skwierzyna");

- Ciechanbw Military Complex K-0166 ("Ciechan6w"); and

- ('hoszczno Military Complex K-1267 ("Choszczno").

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that United States forces shall have unimpeded access to and usc of the above agreed tacilities and areas. All activities of United States forces and United States contractors, including unimpeded access ofthe United States forces, shall be conducted consistent with the Agreement and all

applicable Implementing Arrangements.

Embassy ofthe United States of America, Warsaw

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The Embassy also proposes that United States forces shall be authorized to preposition and store property, equipment, supplies, and materiel ("prepositioned materiel") at agreed facilities and areas and that United States forces shall have exclusive control ov<.."T prepositioned materiel present or stored in the territory of the Republic ofPoland and shall have the unrestricted right to remove such items from the territory of the Republic of Poland.

The Embassy has the further honor to propose that the Government of the United States and the Govemment of the Republic of Poland or their designees may modify the

agreed facilities and areas by mutual written consent.

Pursuant to the Agreement the Parties or their designees shall enter into further arrangements to address technical details regarding the use of agreed facilities and areas.

If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government of the Republic of

Poland, it is further proposed that this Note. together with the Ministry's affirmative reply Note, shall constitute an agreement between the two Governments. which shall

enter into force on the date of the Ministry's reply Note.

The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of this occasion to renew

to the rv1inistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland the assurances of its

highest consideration."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland has the honor to report that the

Government of the Republic of Poland is in full agreement with the above, and thus our note.

together with the aforesaid note of the Embassy. constitutes an Agreement between the Government ofthe Republic of Poland and the Govenunent ofthe United States ofAmerica concerning the agreed facilities and areas, which shall enter into force on the date of receipt of this note by the U.S. Party. In view of the above, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland requests confirmation of the date of receipt of this note by the Embassy of the United

States of America at Warsaw, and thereby designation of the date of entry into force of the

Agreement.

The Ministry of Foreign Atiairs of the Republic of Poland avails itself of this opportunity to

renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest

consideration. [initials]

Warsaw. July 15.. 2015.

[round stamp: Ministry of Foreign Affairs~ emblem)

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Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej przesyla wyrazy szacunku Ambasadzie Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki w Wars7~.wie i rna zaszczyt potwierdzic otrzymanie noty Ambasady nr 15-0268 z d.nia 22 czerwca 2015 roku o nast~pujqcej tresci:

,,Ambasada Stan6w Zjednoczonych Am.eryki w Warszawie przekazuje wyrazy szacunku Ministerstwu Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej oraz rna zaszczyt od.niesc si~ do Umowy mi¢zy Rz4dem Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki a Rz4dem Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej o statusie sil zbrojnych Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, podpisanej w Warszawie d.nia 11 grud.nia 2009 roku (,Umowa").

W nas~pstwie uzgod.nien mi¢zy przedstawicielami obydwu ~6w i w celu realizacji wsp6lnych dzialan obronnych, wbJczaj~c w to dzialania podejmowane w ramach ameryka.D.skiej Europejskiej Inicjatywy Wzmocnienia, Ambasada rna zaszczyt zaproponowae, aby zgod.nie z artykulem 3 ust~p

1 Umowy wyszczeg6lnione fragmenty kompleks6w wojskowych Sil Zbrojnych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wskazane w zal~cznik.ach do niniejszej noty, stanowily ,uzgod.nione obiekty i tereny" zgod.nie z defmicj~ okreslo~ w artykule 2 litera i Umowy:

- Baza Lotnicza w Lasku (,Lask"); - Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk L¢owych Drawsko (,Drawsko Pomorskie"); -Kompleks Wojskowy Skwierzyna K-2629 {,Skwierzyna"); -Kompleks Wojskowy Ciechan6w K-0166 (,Ciechan6w"); oraz -Kompleks Wojskowy Choszczno K-1267 (,Choszczno").

Ambasada rna zaszczyt zaproponowae, aby sily zbrojne Stan6w Zjednoczonych mialy niezald6cony dostw i moZliwosc korzystania z wymienionych uzgod.nionych obiekt6w i teren6w. Wszelkie dzialania sil zbrojnych Stan6w Zjednoczonych oraz wykonawc6w kontraktowych St'i..'16w Zjednoczonych, wl~czajqc w to niezald6cony dost~p sil zbrojnych Stanow Zjednoczonych, b~ realizowane zgod.nie z Umow~ oraz wla.Sciw-ymi porozumieniami wykonawczymi.

Ambasada Stanow Zjednoczonych Ameryki wWarszawie

Ambasada r6wniez proponuje, aby sily zbrojne Stan6w Zjednoczonych byly uprawnione do rozlokowania oraz skladowania mienia, sprz~tu, zaopatrzenia oraz material6w (,,rozlokowanych material6w'') na obszarze uzgodnionych obiekt6w i teren6w oraz aby sily zbrojne Stan6w Zjednoczonych posiadaly wyl~czrnt. kontrol~ nad rozlokowanymi materialami obecnymi lub skladowanymi na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, oraz mialy nieograniczone prawo do ich usuni~cia z terytmium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.

Ambasada rna zaszczyt zaproponowae, aby R.zq.d Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki oraz ~ Rzeczypospolitej Polski~j lub ich wyznaczeni przedstawiciele, mogly dokonae zmiany uzgodnionych obiekt6w i teren6w na mocy wsp61nego pisemnego porozumienia.

Zgodnie z Umow~ Strony lub ich wyznaczeni przedstawiciele zawr~ dodatkowe porozumienia okreslaj~ce szczeg6ly techniczne dot"ycZ(lee korzystania z uzgodnionych obiekt6w i teren6w.

Jesli ~ Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wyrazi zgod~ na t~ propozycjt(, proponuje si~ ponadto, aby niniejsza nota wraz z no~ Ministerstwa wyrazajqca akceptacj~ dla tej propozycji stanowily Porozumienie mi¢zy obydwoma ~. kt6re wejdzie w i;ycie z dniem przekazania noty stanowiqcej odpowiedf Ministerstwa.

Ambasada Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki korzysta z okazji, aby ponowic Ministerstwu Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polsk:iej wyrazy najW}'Zszego powaZania. ".

Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Poiskiej rna zaszczyt poinformowae, 2:e ~ Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej wyrai:a w pelni zgod~ na powyi;sze, wobec czego niniejsza nota wraz ze wspo:mnian~ no~ Ambasady stanowi~ Porozumienie mi¢zy ~em Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej a ~em Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki o uzgodnionych obiektach i terenach, kt6re wejdzie w :lycie w dniu otrzymania niniejszej nory prrez Stron~ amerykans~. W zwi~ z powyZ.szym Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej zwraca si~ z prosb~ o potwierdzenie daty otrzymania niniejszej noty przez Ambasad~ Stan6w Zjedno-.:;zonych Ameryki w Warszawie, a tym .samym o wyznaczenie daty wejscia w Z"Jcie Porozumienia

Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej korzysta z okazji, aby ponowic Ambasadzie Stan6w Zjednoczonych Ameryki wyrazy najwyi;szego powazania. 7 ~

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