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ICAO Annexes. It should be pointed out here that there are many other Annexes besides No. 13 discussed above and that these documents contain various rules relating to dispatch, maintenance and piloting, to mention a few. The ICAO determination is not the end of your search, however, for it may be that there is a bi-lateral treaty which provides for certification and/or accident investigation procedures. I mention the bi-lateral agreement for it will be specifically applicable to the proposed service between Russia and the United States. The accident investigation provisions will no doubt be contained in the agreement since the USSR is not a signatory of ICAO. All the factors discussed above are also relevant to an accident involving a U.S. airline in a foreign nation. 

The fact of the United States manufacture is important for it insures [[ensures]] the opportunity of the U.S. Government to participate in the accident investigation and also that there will be an abundance of information about the aircraft available in the U.S. U.S. manufactured aircraft are certificated by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). The records of this certification include information relating to everything from design drawings to test flight results. These records are kept by the manufacturer and the FAA. Also, the FAA keeps a public record of maintenance problems on the aircraft through their system of "maintenance reliability reports". Airworthiness Directives are issued from time to time, requiring modification to aircraft after initial certification. These are helpful in identifying problem areas. In case of a foreign airline, there is available from the manufacturer copies of correspondence with the airline which may indicate maintenance or operational difficulties. The manufacturer will have voluminous scientific documents and studies about the aircraft. We have even obtained reports of the investigation of the accident