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 1126 TREATIES [55 STAT. Designation of de- The Government of the Dominican Republic proposes accordingly that, by mutual accord between our two Governments and for the purposes stipulated in the convention, the branch of the National City Bank of New York established in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, be designated as the Depository Bank. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration. RAFAEL L. TRUJILLO Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary on Special Mission His Excellency CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. The Secretary of State to the Ambassador Extraordinary of the Dominican Republic on Special Mission DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON March 10, 1941 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today's date, reading as follows: "I have the honor, on instructions of my Government, to refer to the Convention between the Dominican Republic and the United States of America, the ratifications of which were ex- changed today, and particularly to the following sentence ol Article II which provides that: 'The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Dominican Republic, in common accord, shall designate a Bank, with establishment in the Dominican Republic, as sole depository of all revenues and public funds of whatsoever nature of the Dominican Govern- ment.' "The Government of the Dominican Republic proposes accordingly that, by mutual accord between the two Govern- ments for the purposes stipulated in the Convention, the branch of the National City Bank of New York established in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, be designated as the Depository Bank." In reply I have the honor to state that the proposal of the Domini- can Government is agreeable to the Government of the United States, namely, that the branch of the National City Bank of New York established in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, be designated

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