Dominican Government of Dominican sellers to Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominees. 16. The prices hereinabove 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 and the Dominican Government will not during the life of the undertakings contained herein increase any such existing export taxes, charges, fees or levies of whatsoever nature. 17. The forthcoming exchange of notes will embody as to all commodities or products hereinabove contained, relative to which firm undertakings as to price are made or will be made, detailed tarifas or schedules of components of the prices to be paid for such commodities or products by Commodity Credit Corporation which will include specifically prices to be paid to the campesinos or producers. Each tarifa will be promulgated officially in the Dominican Republic and will be published throughout the Dominican Republic by the Secretary of Agriculture of the Republic. (a) As to peanuts, it is understood that the tarifa will provide that the campesinos will receive no less than $2.75 per hundred pounds of unshelled peanuts. 18. Commodity Credit Corporation, or its representative, shall purchase commodities or products hereinabove contained through one or more of four intermediaries of which two shall be designated by Commodity Credit Corporation and two shall be designated by the Dominican Government. Commodity Credit Corporation shall be free to purchase, in its discretion, in any area of the Dominican Republic: provided, however, that Commodity Credit Corporation, or its representative, shall consult with the appropriate agency of the Government of the Dominican Republic as to areas within the Dominican Republic in which live cattle shall be purchased. 19. Except as otherwise provided herein, the phrase "exportable surplus" as used herein shall include all amounts of a given commodity beyond those normally required for local consumption. 20. All or any part of Commodity Credit Corporation's right, title, and interest in and obligations under this Memorandum of Understanding may be assigned by the Commodity Credit Corporation to any other agency of the Government of the United States upon the Commodity Credit Corporation giving notice of such assignment to the Government of the Dominican Republic. Initialed in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 1943. Cleared by phone 11:09 a.m. James Maddox for FEA 1. 2. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the American Ambassador DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS [TRANSLATION] 3751 MR. AMBASSADOR: CIUDAD TRUJILLO, D.R. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your courteous note of December 17, 1943, in which Your Excellency refers to the conversations carried on in Washington between the special representative of the Dominican Government, Mr. Manuel de Moya, on the one hand, and the representatives of interested agencies of the Government of the United States of America, on the other, regarding the purchase by your Government of the exportable surpluses of certain food products. Attached to the above-mentioned note Your Excellency transmits a “Memorandum of Understanding" containing the stipulations which were arrived at as a result of the conversations referred to, the text of which reads thus: [For text of memorandum of understanding, see p. 272.] In response to said note, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Dominican Government accepts in their entirety the stipulations set forth as constituting the agreement concluded between the two Governments for the sale of the exportable surpluses of Dominican food products to which the said stipulations refer in a limitative manner. In relation to paragraph 8 (a) of the memorandum of understanding, my Government desires to explain that the entire exportable surplus of live cattle is guaranteed to the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee, and that in no month may there be exported frozen or prepared meats until the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee shall have received in that month the stipulated 1,000 head of cattle. Therefore, my Government understands that any number of cattle existing as a surplus after the consumption needs of the Dominican Republic are satisfied will be sold to the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee, even though this number may not reach 1,000 head, in the understanding that only after arriving at that number will it be possible to export frozen or prepared meats. In accordance with paragraph 4 (b) and paragraph 17 of the agreement with which this note deals, the detailed tarifa of schedule of prices which will be paid by the Commodity Credit Corporation and which stipulates also the price which will be paid to the farmers or producers, is as follows: In order to fulfill the terms of paragraph 3 of the agreement, I take pleasure in confirming to Your Excellency the note verbale from this Department of State under date of January 26, 1944, numbered 2170, in which was expressed the agreement of the Dominican Government to make public, simultaneously with the Government of the United States of America, a press release in both countries, with the following text: "Conclusion of an agreement which stipulates the sale of the entire exportable surplus of several Dominican foodstuffs exclusively to the Government of the United States, through the Foreign Economic Administration, in order to check shortage of food in the Caribbean and other areas was announced today jointly by the Dominican Government and the Department of State of the United States. The agreement shall be in force until June 30, 1945. "The cooperative efforts of the Government of the Dominican Republic and of its food producers have resulted in an increase in production in these critical times and constitute an important contribution to the total United Nations food-supply program and a contribution to the total available supplies which will be distributed in areas affected by the shortage. It will be of appreciable importance to Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands which now depend to a great extent on exports of food from the United States. "Direct shipments of Dominican foods to these islands represent an economy in shipping. The Dominican Government is contributing substantially in this respect by providing a fleet of vessels for inter-island transportation of foodstuffs. "In conformity with an agreement signed previously, the Dominican Republic is selling to the United States exclusively its surpluses of corn, rice, and peanut cakes, for use in the Caribbean areas. The new agreement adds the items of peanuts, red kidney beans, and live cattle. Moreover, a refusal is granted to the United States for purchases of butter, eggs, fresh vegetables, and fruits." My Government proposes to release the above for publication in the morning newspapers of Friday, February 18, 1944. I avail myself of this opportunity to reiterate to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. His Excellency AVRA M. WARREN, M. A. PEÑA BATLLE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM Exchange of notes at Ciudad Trujillo October 13, 1945 Entered into force October 13, 1945 60 Stat. 1730; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1530 The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the American Ambassador I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that, as a result of the conversations held between the Secretary of State for Education and Fine Arts, Mr. Telésforo R. Calderón, representing the Dominican Government, on the one hand and, on the other, the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., a corporation of the Office of Inter-American Affairs and an Agency of the Government of the United States of America, represented by its President, Mr. Kenneth Holland, there was definitively signed in this city on the 3d instant the agreement for a cooperative educational program which, copied literally, reads as follows: "The Government of the Dominican Republic (hereinafter called the "Republic"), represented by the Secretary of State for Education and Fine Arts (hereinafter called the "Secretary") and the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., a corporation of the Office of Inter-American Affairs and an Agency of the Government of the United States of America (hereinafter called the "Foundation"), represented by its President, have decided to conclude the following agreement in order to carry out a cooperative educational program to promote Inter-American understanding by bringing about a better interchange of educators, educational ideas and methods between the Dominican Republic and the United States of America, pursuant to Resolution 28 adopted by the First Conference of Ministers and Directors |