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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [56 STAT. October 12, 27, 1942 [E. A. S. 286] General functions. Agreement between the United States of America and Nicaraguaapprov- ing Memorandum of Understanding signed July 15, 1942 respecting an agriculturalexperiment station in Nicaragua. Effected by exchange of notes signed October 12 and 27, 1942; effective July 15, 1942. The Acting Secretary of State to the NicaraguanMinister DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON October 12, 1942 SIR: I have the honor to refer to a Memorandum of Understanding con- cerning the establishment and operation of an agricultural experiment station in Nicaragua, signed at Mexico, D. F ., M6xico, July 15, 1942, by the Honorable Claude R. Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America, and His Excellency Jos6 M. Zelaya C., Minister of Agriculture and Labor of the Republic of Nicaragua, which provides as follows: In conformity with the desire of the Government of Nicaragua that the Government of the United States of America cooperate in the establishment and operation of an agricultural experiment station in Nicaragua for the purpose of promoting the production of basic and strategic tropical products, the Government of the United States of America through the United States Department of Agriculture and the Government of Nicaragua, have reached the following understanding: 1. The general functions of the station shall include: (a) agro- nomnic prodtiction investigations necessary to permanent agricuil- ture over the whole of eastern Nicaragua with complementary prodtucts, particularly rubber, as the cash crops; (b) establishiment of approved agricultural practices by agricultural extension work as liaison between the station and the private farms; (c) the propa- gation of planting material for distribution to farmers; (d) cooper- ation with other agricultural institutions of the Western Hemisphere in the promotion of tropical agriculture through consultation and the exchange of propagating material, scientific information, and personnel; (e) cooperation with public health, colonization, and agricultural rehabilitation agencies of the United States of America, Nicaragua, and the Western Hemisphere in the development of agriculture in Nicaragua; (f) consideration being given to the possibility that the Government of the United States of America will plant several thousand hectares of Hevea rubber in the Atlantic coast area of Nicaragua, the station will give full technical assistance to such a planting program.

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