Extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet
'Foreign Commercial Aircraft:
(a) Abolition of compulsory stop at Shannon Airport and
(b) refusal to grant landing rights at Dublin Airport to United States' aircraft'
(G.C. 6/122) (Item 5) (S10325)

Following consideration of a memorandum dated the 24th October, 1952,¹ submitted by the Minister for Industry and Commerce and a memorandum dated the 27th October, 1952, submitted by the Minister for Finance,² it was decided

1. that the clause in the air transport agreement made on the 3rd February, 1945,³ with the Government of the United States of America requiring all aircraft which overfly Irish territory to land at Shannon Airport should be deleted;
2. that the corresponding clauses in all air transport agreements with other Governments should also be deleted;
3. that the decision set out in sub-paragraph (1) above should be promulgated as and when the Minister for Industry and Commerce thinks fit; and
4. that, if the United States Government revive their request for landing rights at Dublin Airport, the refusal to grant these rights should be maintained even if such a refusal should result in the abandonment of the proposed Irish transatlantic air service.