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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. The American Ambassador to the Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs 1 EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 120 Guatemala, May 19, 194S. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's kind Note No. 6756 of May 19, 1943, in which you request the co- operation of the United States in the improvement of the Inter- American Highway in Guatemala and in which you propose a basis upon which the cooperation of my Government might be extended 55 Stat. 860. within the provisions of Public Law 375 of December 26, 1941. The basis of cooperation proposed by Your Excellency is satis- factory to my Government, and it will be pleased to cooperate on this basis in such survey and construction work as may jointly be deemed desirable for the improvement of the Guatemalan section of the Inter-American Highway, subject to the appropriation of the necessary funds by the Congress of the United States. I am much gratified at the prospect that through this cooperative undertaking it will be possible to improve the Guatemalan Section of the Inter-American Highway. Transportation facilities will be improved, new lands and new natural resources developed, additional markets opened, and local economic conditions benefited through the useful expenditure of money which this project envisages. I sin- cerely trust that the Highway will serve not only as a link to increase material intercourse between our nations but also as another bond in the close friendship which unites us. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. BOAZ LONG. 'Note to His Excellency Licenciado Carlos Salazar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala.

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