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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. April 19 and Jnne 16 Agreement between the United States of America and Costa Rica respect- [. A. S.222] ing cooperative rubber investigations in Costa Rica. Effected by ex- change of notes signed April 19 and June 16, 1941; effective June 16, 1941. And additional note. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Costa Rican Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SAN JosE, COSTA RICA No. 726 April 19, 1941. EXCELLENCY: With reference to conversations between representatives of the Ministry of State for Agriculture of Costa Rica and of the Depart- ment of Agriculture of the United States of America in regard to the conclusion of an agreement for cooperative rubber investigations in Costa Rica, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America is prepared to give effect to an agreement in the following terms: Considering that it is desirable and in the mutual interest of the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica that a source of crude rubber be developed in Costa Rica, and that the Governments of the two countries cooperate in conducting investi- gations with respect to the methods of rubber cultivation, the devel- oplment of superior strains of rubber, disease control, use of inter- crops, and other matter, with a view to the successful establishment of a self-sustaining rubber culture industry; and Considering that progress has been made by the Ministry of State for Agriculture of Costa Rica in promoting interest in Costa Rica in the cultivation of rubber and in other new agricultural enterprises, and that the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America is authorized by an Act of the Congress of the United States of 4 Stat. 639 . America, approved June 27, 1940, making appropriations for certain purposes, to conduct investigations directed toward the development of rubber production in the Western Hemisphere, including produc- tion, breeding, and disease research, to conduct surveys of potential rubber-producing areas, to establish and operate experiment and dem- onstration stations in suitable locations, to acquire land and con- struct and equip necessary buildings and take certain other necessary measures for such purposes; The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of the Republic of Costa Rica, with a view to defining their 1368

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