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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. Riesultsof vestiga- 3. To make available for the benefit of the rubber industry in Mexico the results obtained in rubber investigations conducted by its Bureau of Plant Industry. THE SECRETARIA DE AGRICULTURA Y FOMENTO OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MUTUALLY AGREE: piEfetiove date ex. 1. That this agreement shall take effect immediately upon com- pletion of the signature of the cooperating parties and shall expire on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-one, but will renew itself automatically from year to year thereafter (not extending, however, beyond the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hun- dred and forty-three) provided there be no notification to the contrary from either party, which notification should be expressed in writing by a duly authorized representative, at least one month before the date upon which this agreement would otherwise expire. sigeeent not as 2. That this agreement shall not be assigned in whole or in part; that no member or delegate to Congress of the United States of America, or resident commissioner thereof, after his election or appoint- ment, and either before or after he has qualified, and no officer, agent or employee of the Government of the United States of America shall be admitted to any share or part of this agreement, or to any benefits to arise therefrom. The restriction contained in this para- graph shall also apply to the public representatives, officials, and employees of the Government of the United Mexican States. MARTE R. GOMEZ Secretario de Agricultura y Fomento de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos April 11, 1941. GROVER B. HILL Assistant Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America MEMORANDUM DE CONVENIO ENTRE LA SECRETARfA DE AGRICULTURA Y FOMENTO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS Y EL DEPARTA- MENTO DE AGRICULTURA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA El deseo e inter6s de los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y de los Estados Unidos de America para desarrollar una fuente de obtenci6n de hule crudo, se ha expresado ya en la correspondencia cruzada con anterioridad y en el activo trabajo de inspecci6n que en forma conjunta se ha realizado. Reconocen ambos Gobiernos como resultado de sus estudios e inspecciones, que el desarrollo de dicha fuente de obtenci6n de hule crudo debe basarse en el uso de selecciones de calidad superior del Hevea brasiliensis, si se desea que la industria sea capaz de sostenerse a si misma. Los representantes de la Secretaria de Agricultura y Fomento de Mexico y los del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos de Am6rica han realizado consultas y han seleccionado en forma 1284

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