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 56 STAT.] PERU-EDUCATION-AUG. 4, 24, 1942 1859 Agreement between the United States of America and Peru respecting August 4,24,142 education. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Washington August IE . A.s.2 8 4 and 24, 1942. The Peruvian Ambassador to the Secretary of State PERUVIAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON, D. O. AUGUST 4, 1942. YOUR EXCELLENCY, I have the honour to refer to the informal and unofficial discussions which have been conducted by the Department with Mr. Luis Ortiz de Zevallos, a Peruvian government official on a special mission in Washington, for the past several months with relation to a proposed scholarship program, to be set up in cooperation between the Peruvian Government on the one hand and the Government of the United States and educational institutions and organizations in this country on the other hand, whereunder advanced students from Peru would receive further technical training in the United States. In this connection I now have the honour to request the kind coop- eration of the Department of State in the proposed program, and to inform Your Excellency that the Peruvian Government are prepared to invest a sum of about $50,000 in it, subject to the conditions en- visaged in the informal discussions above-mentioned, wherein on the understanding that the sum in question would be devoted principally to maintenance grants and, where necessary, tuition costs, the De- partment of State is willing to award travel grants during the 1943 fiscal year to sixteen or twenty properly selected and qualified Peru- vians and to use its good offices with the Institute of International Education in order to obtain as many tuition scholarships as possible for these persons. The following specific conditions would govern the establishment of the proposed program: (1) The Peruvian Government would decide on the fields of study in which technical instruction is to be given and on the number of persons to be appointed in each field. This information would be submitted immediately to the Department of State in order that the Institute of International Education might earmark the necessary scholarships for as many fields as possible and send information to Peru regarding the general requirements for study in each field, for the guidance of the selection authorities. (2) The Peruvian Government would announce the study oppor- tunities and state that qualified students needing 'travel assistance would be recommended to the United States Government for travel grants.

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