peanut meal on the bases hereinbefore stated. The Dominican Government agrees to give this representative adequate notice as to the quantities of the foregoing commodities available for sale and to inform the representative whenever there exist exportable surpluses of soyabean oil or of peanut oil. 7. The Dominican Government agrees to forbid the exportation of corn and peanut meal from July 1, 1943 until July 1, 1945 except by the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee. The Dominican Government agrees to forbid the exportation of rice from the present date until July 1, 1945 except by the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee. 8. Payments for purchases will be effected by appropriate letters of credit opened in Ciudad Trujillo by the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee, in favor of the sellers. The prices herein before stated include the payment by the sellers of all export taxes and other charges, fees or levies of whatsoever nature imposed by the Dominican Government. 9. The “official shipped weight" mentioned in the paragraphs above shall be determined by the representative of the Commodity Credit Corporation stationed in the Dominican Republic. 10. The phrase "exportable surplus" as used in this Memorandum shall include all amounts of a given commodity beyond those normally required for local consumption. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the American Ambassador I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the kind note of this same date, in which Your Excellency is good enough to refer to the conversations recently held in Washington between the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, Lic. Jesús Ma. Troncoso, and the special representative of the Dominican Government, Mr. Manuel de Moya, on the one hand, and the representatives of the interested agencies of the Government of the United States of America, on the other, regarding the purchase by your Government of all exportable surpluses of certain Dominican food products. Your Excellency is good enough to transmit a memorandum, attached to the said note, with the stipulations which were fixed in the above-mentioned conversations for the agreement which might be concluded on this subject between the Governments of the two countries, and you are good enough to add that if these stipulations which are found in the said memorandum are acceptable to the Dominican Government, your above-mentioned note and this Chancellery's note in reply would be considered as placing on record the agreement of the two Governments on the subject. The above-mentioned memorandum which Your Excellency was good enough to transmit with your note, copied literally reads as follows: [For text of memorandum, see p. 260.] In reply to the said note, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Dominican Government accepts the foregoing stipulations as constituting the agreement which is concluded between the two Governments for the sale of the exportable surpluses of the Dominican food products which are referred to limitatively in the said stipulations. As a consequence of this acceptance the Dominican Government is interested in making the clarifications which are detailed below: (1) The obligations contracted by the Dominican Government by the said stipulations in no way affect nor refer to the export permits issued by the competent Dominican authorities prior to the date of this note to the exporting firms situated in this country and concerning the following products covered by the above-mentioned stipulations: This rice is consigned to Aruba and of this quantity 1,500 quintals are being shipped today, from the Monte Cristi dock. (2) The acceptance which the Dominican Government gives is with the understanding that the competent authorities of the Government of the United States of America will lift the suspension they have placed on the export licenses and priorities granted for the shipment to the Dominican Government of the agricultural machinery and equipment for the intensification and development of agriculture in our country, the acquisition of which was contracted by the Dominican Government under Project No. 11 of Credit No. 266 granted by the Export-Import Bank of Washington, which project has been approved in the amount of $300,000. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. His Excellency AVRA M. WARREN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy. A. DESPRADEL HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAM Exchange of notes at Ciudad Trujillo June 19 and July 7, 1943 1 57 Stat. 1115; Executive Agreement Series 346 The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs No. 107 EXCELLENCY: EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ciudad Trujillo, D.R., June 19, 1943 I have the honor to refer to Resolution No. XXX approved at the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January 1942. If desired by the Government of the Dominican Republic, the Government of the United States is prepared to contribute a sum not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a cooperative program of health and sanitation in the Dominican Republic, such sum to be made available through the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. The United States Government will also provide a group of technicians in public health to cooperate with the officials of the Government of the Dominican Republic in the execution of the proposed program of health and sanitation. It is understood that the Government of the Dominican Republic will furnish such personnel, services and funds for local expenditures as it may consider necessary for the efficient development of the program. It is further understood that a special cooperative service of health and sanitation will be established within the Department of State for Health and Public Welfare, and that the detailed arrangements for the establishment of such a special service will be effected by agreement between the appropriate official of the Government of the Dominican Republic and the representative of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Allocation of United States funds for the purpose of this program will be made by the Institute of Inter-American Affairs which is an agency of the 1 1An agreement recording the termination and providing for disposition of certain assets was signed at Ciudad Trujillo Feb. 12, 1948, by representatives of Institute of InterAmerican Affairs and Dominican Secretary of State for Sanitation and Public Welfare. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Detailed arrangements for the execution of each project and for the expenditure of United States funds will be made by mutual agreement between a representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs in the Dominican Republic and the appropriate official of the Government of the Dominican Republic. It is understood that the sum not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) contributed by the Government of the United States for execution of the cooperative program of health and sanitation in the Dominican Republic will be expended in accordance with mutual agreements between the appropriate official of the Government of the Dominican Republic and a representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs in the Dominican Republic. All projects completed in the prosecution of this program will be the property of the Government of the Dominican Republic. No project will be undertaken that will require materials or supplies, the procurement of which would handicap any phase of the war effort. I should appreciate it if Your Excellency would be so good as to confirm to me your approval of this general proposal with the understanding that the details of the program will be the subject of further discussion and agreements. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration. A. M. WARREN His Excellency Lic. ARTURO DESPRADEL Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ciudad Trujillo, D.R. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the American Ambassador DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS [TRANSLATION] 13630 MR. AMBASSADOR: CIUDAD TRUJILLO I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the kind note no. 107 of June 19 last, in which Your Excellency is good enough to communicate to this Department of State the general bases which the Government of the United States of America proposes for the establishment in the Dominican Republic of the Inter-American Cooperative Service of Public Health, in accordance with resolution no. XXX, approved at the Third Consultative |