bulletins published outside of the United States, as well as the binding of journals; and (f) the funds necessary for the preparation, printing and distribution of four types of publications to be issued by the station, as follows: (1) a popular Spanish periodical written for the farm family and containing articles by the staff and other qualified persons on such subjects as health, hygiene, community organization, information on the Pacific region, aims of the experiment station, treatment of agricultural practices and methodology, (2) Farm circulars written in Spanish and issued as required, dealing with specific farm practices or products, (3) Technical bulletins in English or Spanish dealing with the results of specific scientific investigation at the station, and (4) An annual report in Spanish, covering the work of the station performed during the year, and the status of agriculture in the region; (g) a director of the station; (h) the services of at least one Salvadoran scientist to cooperate with each scientist detailed to the station by the United States Department of Agriculture, and the services of technologists qualified in the fields of land-surveying, topography, drainage, drafting, minor construction, chemical analysis, and library management; (i) stenographers, clerks, mechanics, machinists, field plot and laboratory assistants, and such unskilled labor as may be necessary to conduct the work of the experiment station; (j) the transportation expenses incurred by Salvadoran and United States members of the station staff for travel on station business within El Salvador. 5. The Government of El Salvador will provide: (a) entry free of customs duties for (1) supplies and equipment for the station, and (2) supplies, clothes, foodstuffs and personal belongings of the North American members of the station staff whose salaries are paid by the Government of the United States; (b) exemption from all Salvadoran taxes based upon salaries for those North American members of the station staff whose salaries are paid by the Government of the United States; and (c) when possible Salvadoran students in graduate study in each of the fields of agriculture in colleges or universities in the United States. 6. The Government of the United States of America, through the United States Department of Agriculture, and subject to the availability of funds for the purpose, agrees to provide: (a) the services of scientists to perform the functions of agricultural engineer, plant pathologist, plant breeder, and upon agreement by the two governments, to provide scientists to perform other functions; (b) current scientific journals on plant and animal science published in the United States; (c) scientific equipment and apparatus not produced or manufactured in El Salvador; (d) stoves and refrigerators not manufactured in El Salvador, for the residences of the staff; (e) hand and mechanical tools for the station shops; (f) hospital equipment for the treatment of emergency cases; and (g) technical assistance for the designing of all buildings, including residences for the Salvadoran and North American members of the staff. 7. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of El Salvador mutually agree: (a) that in order to provide joint supervision over the cooperative aspects of the project and in order to furnish a ready means for consultation between the two Governments in regard thereto, there shall be established a commission composed of one representative of each of the two Governments; that the commission, subject to the approval of the Salvadoran Government will have authority to establish the qualifications and propose candidates for positions at the station; that the commission may delegate to the director of the station such of its functions as it may deem fit; (b) that, exclusive of salaries of the scientists made available to the station by the United States Department of Agriculture, the obligations of the United States Government shall not exceed $75,000 the first year, nor more than $25,000 in any one fiscal year thereafter; (c) that the furnishing of the items described under clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of numbered paragraph 6, of this Agreement shall be contingent upon the availability of supplies of such items in the United States; and (d) that the Government of El Salvador shall provide the funds necessary for the fulfilment of the obligations stipulated under numbered paragraph 3, and clauses (a), (b) and (c) of numbered paragraph 4. 8. This Agreement shall come in force on the day of signature and shall continue in force for a period of ten years, unless the Congress of either country shall fail to appropriate the funds necessary for its execution in which event it may be terminated on sixty days written notice by either Government. For the United States of America CLAUDE R. WICKARD For the Republic of El Salvador WASHINGTON, D.C. HECTOR DAVID CASTRO Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Date: October 21, 1942 It is a pleasure to inform you that the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding as herein set forth meet with the approval of the Government of the United States of America. If they likewise meet with the approval of the Government of El Salvador, I shall consider this note together with your reply indicating the approval of the Government of El Salvador as constitut ing an agreement between our two Governments on the subject, it being understood that the agreement shall be effective as of October 21, 1942 and that the agreement shall continue in effect for a period of ten years, unless the Congress of either country shall fail to appropriate the funds necessary for its execution, in which event it may be terminated on sixty days' written notice by either Government to the other Government. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's courteous note dated November 24 last, relative to the Memorandum of Understanding of October 21, 1942, between the Governments of El Salvador and of the United States of America, which I had the honor to sign with the Honorable Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America, on the date mentioned. The Spanish and English texts of the Memorandum of Understanding signed are given below: [For text of memorandum of understanding, see p. 565.] It gives me pleasure to comply with instructions which I have received from my Government to declare to Your Excellency that the Memorandum of Understanding which is transcribed in the present note is approved in all its parts by the Government of El Salvador. In view of the fact that Your Excellency's note, mentioned at the beginning of this note, contains the declaration that the Government of the United States of America also approves in all its parts the Memorandum of Understanding under reference, I consider that Your Excellency's note and the present reply complete the necessary approval of that Memorandum, constituting an agreement between our two Governments on the subject, it being understood that this agreement has been in effect since October 21, 1942, and is to continue in force for a period of ten years, unless the Congress of either of the two countries fails to appropriate the funds necessary for its execution, in which case the agreement may be terminated by means of sixty days' notice given by one of the two Governments to the other. I offer Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. His Excellency CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. HECTOR DAVID CASTRO DETAIL OF U.S. OFFICER AS DIRECTOR OF MILITARY SCHOOL AND ACADEMY Exchange of notes at San Salvador March 25, 1943, modifying and extending contract of March 27, 1941 I have received from the Minister of National Defense note no. 2439, dated yesterday, which states: "Mr. Minister: I have the honor to inform you that there will expire on the 26th of March the contract concluded on the 27th of March 19412 between the Government of El Salvador and that of the United States of America by virtue of which the American Government placed at the disposal of the Government of this Republic the technical and professional services of an officer of the Army of that nation to assume charge of the Military School and annexed Military Academy of this country, sending for that purpose Colonel Robert L. Christian; and the Government of El Salvador, desiring to continue to avail itself of the services of Colonel Christian or of another American Army officer who may be designated by the United States, very earnestly requests you to make the necessary inquiries for the purpose of ascertaining whether the American Government is willing that such services continue to be rendered under the same conditions established in the contract referred to, and accepting also the modification requested by the Minister of the United States in his note no. 1271 of December 14 last, forwarded by 1EAS 328, post, p. 574. 'EAS 214, ante, p. 545. 259-333-71-38 |