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 1158 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. The American Ambassador to the Mexican Minister of ForeignRelations EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Mexico, D.F ., April 26, 1943. No. 1214 EXCELLENCY: Ante, p. 1152. I have the honor to refer to the note No. 317 dated April 26, 1943 in which Your Excellency formulates certain proposals made by the 56Stat. 1769 . Mexican Government for making the Agreement of August 4, 1942 between the Governments of the United States of America and Mexico a more workable instrument under which Mexican agricultural work- ers may be recruited in Mexico to work in the United States for a temporary period. The United States representatives who have been discussing the proposed changes with the representatives designated by the Mexican Government for this purpose have been gratified by the generous spirit of cooperation which has animated these discussions and which has helped to bring them to a successful conclusion. I am incorporating into this note the text of the Agreement of August 4, 1942 and indicating by underlining those additions or changes agreed upon by my Government: "In order to effect a satisfactory arrangement whereby Mexi- can agricultural labor may be made available for use in the United States and at the same time provide means whereby this labor will be adequately protected while out of Mexico, the fol- lowing general provisions are suggested: "General Provisions 3 CFR, Cum. Supp., 957. "1) It is understood that Mexicans contracting to work in the United States shall not be engaged in any military service. "2) Mexicans entering the United States as a result of this understanding shall not suffer discriminatory acts of any kind in accordance with the Executive Order No. 8802 issued at the White House June 25, 1941. "3) Mexicans entering the United States under this under- standing shall enjoy the guarantees of transportation, living expenses and repatriation established in Article 29 of the Mexi- can Federal Labor Law as follows: 'Article 29. -All contracts entered into by Mexican workers for lending their services outside their country, shall be made in writing, legalized by the municipal authorities of the locality where entered into and visaed by the Consul of the country where their services are being used. Furthermore, such con- tract shall contain, as a requisit of validity of same, the following stipulations, without which the contract is invalid: 'I. Transportation and subsistence expenses for the worker, and his family, if such is the case, and all other expenses which

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