EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS Exchange of notes at Quito October 21 and 29, 1947 I have the honor to refer to the conversations which have taken place between representatives of the Government of the United States of America and representatives of the Government of Ecuador in regard to the exchange of official publications, and to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America agrees that there shall be an exchange of official publications between the two Governments in accordance with the following provisions: 1. Each of the two Governments shall furnish regularly a copy of each of its official publications which is indicated in a selected list prepared by the other Government and communicated through diplomatic channels subsequent to the conclusion of the present agreement. The list of publications selected by each Government may be revised from time to time and may be extended, without the necessity of subsequent negotiations, to include any other official publication of the other Government not specified in the list, or publications of new offices which the other Government may establish in the future. 2. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the Government of the United States of America shall be the Smithsonian Institution. The official exchange office for the transmission of publications of the Government of Ecuador shall be the Biblioteca Nacional. 3. The publications shall be received on behalf of the United States of America by the Library of Congress and on behalf of the Republic of Ecuador by the Biblioteca Nacional. 4. The present agreement does not obligate either of the two Governments to furnish blank forms, circulars which are not of a public character, or confidential publications. 5. Each of the two Governments shall bear all charges, including postal, rail and shipping costs, arising under the present agreement in connection with the transportation within its own country of the publications of both Governments and the shipment of its own publications to a port or other appropriate place reasonably convenient to the exchange office of the other Government. 6. The present agreement shall not be considered as a modification of any existing exchange agreement between a department or agency of one of the Governments and a department or agency of the other Government. Upon the receipt of a note from Your Excellency indicating that the foregoing provisions are acceptable to the Government of Ecuador, the Government of the United States of America will consider that this note and your reply constitute an agreement between the two Governments on this subject, the agreement to enter into force on the date of your note in reply. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. JOHN F. SIMMONS I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's courteous note numbered 370, dated October 21, last, and to the conversations which took place between the representatives of the Government of Ecuador and the representatives of the Government of the United States of America in regard to the exchange of official publications. 2. With respect thereto, I take the liberty of informing Your Excellency that the Ecuadoran Government is agreeable to the establishment of an exchange of official publications, in accordance with the following provisions: [For terms of agreement, see numbered paragraphs in U.S. note, above.] 3. The Government of Ecuador considers that the above-mentioned communication from Your Excellency and this reply constitute an agreement between the two Governments on this subject, the agreement to enter into force from this date. I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. His Excellency JOHN F. SIMMONS, JOSÉ V. TRUJILLO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM Exchange of notes at Quito October 2 and November 14, 1947 1 Expired June 30, 1960 61 Stat. 3902; Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1749 The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to the Minister of Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 325 EXCELLENCY: Quito, October 2, 1947 I have the honor to refer to the exchange of notes between His Excellency Sr. Dr. Camilo Ponce Enriquez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Ecuador, and The Honorable Robert McGregor Scotten, Ambassador of the United States to the Government of Ecuador, on January 22, 1945, concerning the establishment of a cooperative education program in Ecuador. It will be recalled that my Government agreed to send a small staff of experts and technicians to Ecuador to cooperate with officials of the Ecuadoran Government and, particularly, with the Minister of Public Education, in a specific program for the improvement of public education in Ecuador in accordance with a detailed agreement to be worked out between the Ministry of Public Education and the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc. Following the exchange of the above communications, details with regard to the execution of the program were agreed to by the Minister of Public Education and the President of the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc. In accordance with this agreement there was established within the 12 UST 629; TIAS 2215. 22 UST 596; TIAS 2211. 32 UST 2491; TIAS 2363. • 3 UST 4008; TIAS 2539. 56 UST 3751; TIAS 3373. TIAS 1660, ante, p. 401. Ministry of Public Education the Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Educacion through which the cooperative program has been administered. In accordance with recent legislation passed by the Congress of the United States of America, all of the property, assets, functions, personnel, liabilities and restrictions of the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., have been transferred to and assumed by The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, the now corporate instrumentality of the United States Government created by such legislative action. I have now been informed by the Department of State in Washington that additional funds amounting to $7,168 U.S. currency have been made available by The Institute of Inter-American Affairs for the continuation of the joint education program in Ecuador to be expended over a period to be mutually agreed upon by the appropriate officials of the Ecuadoran Government and a representative of The Institute of Inter-American Affairs. It has been suggested that the extension of the program cover the period from the expiration date of the present agreement, which is January 22, 1948, through June 30, 1948. It is proposed that the entire additional contribution of $7,168 U.S. currency, to be made available by the Institute in connection. with the continuation of the program, shall be retained by the Institute for payment directly or on account of salaries and other expenses of members of the Institute field staff who are maintained by the Institute in Ecuador. It is also understood that your Government would contribute to the Servicio for expenditure by that entity not less than the equivalent in sucres of $7,000 U.S. currency, computed at the rate of exchange of 13.4 sucres to the dollar in addition to amounts already required under the present agreement to be contributed to the program by your Government. If Your Excellency agrees that the proposed arrangement as outlined above is acceptable to your Government, I would appreciate receiving an expression of Your Excellency's opinion and agreement thereto as soon as may be possible in order that the technical details of the program may be worked out by the Ministry of Public Education and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Should Your Excellency advise me that the proposed arrangement is acceptable it would be possible to proceed with the signing of the extension agreement in the name of the Institute immediately, inasmuch as Dr. Pedro. Osuna, Special Representative Education Division, The Institute of InterAmerican Affairs, in Ecuador, has been authorized to sign on behalf of the Institute. A copy of a suggested extension agreement is attached hereto for reference to the appropriate interested authorities." For text of extension agreement signed Nov. 11, 1947, see 61 Stat. 3904 or p. 3 of TIAS 1749. |