U-2 Disclosure Agreement

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UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Security Classification: TOP SECRET

U-2 DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

between the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland,

United States of America,

Kingdom and Sweden

and

Sparrow Industries

[ February, 1997 ]​

Declaration
Mutual Defence: The purpose of this is to develop cooperation between Sparrow Industries and the British, Swedish and American Armed Forces, the sharing and pooling of materials and equipment to maintain production of the Lockheed Martin U-2 Spyplane series.

National Security: It was proposed by the British Government that this agreement is the framework to prevent the U-2 being used in opposition to the parties involved in this treaty.

Article I, Protection of Sale
Sparrow Industries and the United States agree to the removal of the U-2 series from catalogues that welcome the sale of the product. Preventing the Lockheed U-2 from being sold to any party that is not involved in the U-2 Disclosure Agreement.

All parties involved confirm that the U-2 will not be sold on via third party means to remove the aircraft from service. Any intention to remove or reduce the amount of U-2 Planes from a respective country must be done via scrapping of the goods or sold to another party involved in this agreement.

Article II, Cooperation
All Parties will contribute toward the further development of the U-2 Spyplane and ensure that usage of the aircraft will not be used against other members of the agreement, unless authorized by that party as part of, for example, a training exercise.

This Treaty does not affect, and shall not be interpreted as affecting in any way the rights and obligations under the Charter of the Parties which are members of the Global Assembly, or the primary responsibility of the Assembly for the maintenance of international peace and security.

Article III, Privacy
In order to effectively achieve the objectives of this Treaty, there shall be no information released to the public that:

• Includes the construction of the product.
• Sale of the product.
• References to this agreement or its content.
• Identifies who uses the U-2 Spyplane.

Article IV, Administration
If a member of this agreement:

• Withdraws from said agreement;
• Breaches or attempts to breach the agreement;
• Sells a share of the product or sells some, or all shares of a company that would:
  • Grant that shareholder / customer access to the product

Then the intellectual and property rights that member has over the U-2 will be terminated and distributed to members of the agreement, additionally, this will give up their rights to be part of the U-2 program and maintenance licenses will be cut off.

For any country outside of this agreement that attempts to buy the U-2 Spyplane, Sparrow Industries, in return for refusing to sell the product, will have the cost covered for the amount of U-2 Spyplanes as requested by the 3rd party which will be covered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ensuring that due to this agreement, they do not make a loss of sales.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorised by their respective Governments and Businesses, have signed this Agreement.

Done in four originals, February 1997.

For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Andrew Evans Jamie

For the United States of America:
President of the United States of America
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Odinson

For the Kingdom of Sweden:
Prime Minister of Sweden
Stefan Löfven Connor

For Sparrow Industries:
CEO of Sparrow Industries
Alexander Smith Hollie

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