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 1034 Salaries, etc., of members of Food Production Mission. Construction work. Determination of work to be under- taken. Contracts or agree- ments. Subordinate person- nel. Examination of ac- counts iandfiles. Exoneration from import duties of ma- chinery, etc. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. TENTH The salaries and other expenses of the members of the Food Pro- duction Mission in Venezuela, including travel expenses, shall be paid by the Institute of Inter-American Affairs from funds not assigned to the S.C .I.P.A. ELEVENTH All construction work which is to be carried out in accordance with this modus vivendi, shall, upon termination of the latter, become the property of Venezuela. No work whatsoever shall be undertaken which will require materials or personnel indispensable to the prosecu- tion of any phase of the war effort. TWELFTH The work to be undertaken by the S.C.I .P .A. in the execution of the foodstuffs production plan shall be determined through mutual agree- ment between the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry or his representative and the Technical Director of the said Service. THIRTEENTH Any contract or agreement to be made by the S.C.I.P .A. with other entities or persons for the execution of the foodstuffs production plan must be previously discussed and agreed upon by the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry or his representative and the Technical Director of the S.C .I .P.A. FOURTEENTH The Director of the Technical Institute of Immigration and Colo- nization, with the previous approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and the Technical Director of the S.C .I.P.A. shaill appoint the subordinate personnel required for the full execution of the foodstuffs production plan, and likewise discharge said per- sonllel, 11nd deterllille their salaries and obligations in agreement with the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and the Technical Director of the S.C.I .P .A. FIFTEENTH The accounts and files of the S.C.I.P.A. may be examined at any time by the persons designated for this purpose by the Minister of Agri- culture and Animal Husbandry or the Chief of the Food Production Mission in Venezuela, to whom the S.C.I .P .A. shall make available, moreover, all of the information they may request. SIXTEENTH In view of the national interest involved in the intensification and development of the production of foodstuffs of primary necessity referred to in this modus vivendi, the Government of the United States of Venezuela agrees to exonerate from import duties the machinery, tools, vehicles, materials for the construction of buildings, repairs

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