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 57 STAT.] NICARAGUA-HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAM-MAY 18, 22, 1942 1309 Aprovecho esta oportunidad para reiterar a Su Sefioria, mi distin- guida consideraci6n. ANTONIO BARQUERO Honorable Sefior WILLIAM P. COCHRAN Jr. Encargadode Negocios a.i. de los Estados Unidos de America. Managua, D.N .- Translation by the Departmentof State of the Foregoing Note MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Diplomatic Department L/No. 141 MANAGUA, D.N., May 22, 1942 MR. CHARGf D'AFFAIRES: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your courteous note 124, dated the 18th of the current month, in which you were kind enough to inform me that, in conformity with resolution XXX of the Third Consultative Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, which refers to the solution of problems of public health, the illustrious Government of the United States is disposed to contribute the sum of $500,000 in order that the Government of Nicaragua may be able to effect improvement of its sanitary systems and especially those referring to the improvement of water supply, sewage disposal, and control of endemic or epidemic diseases. You announce the sending of a group of experts who, working through the agency of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and in cooperation with this Government, will prepare a pro- gram and draw up projects which should be realized in agreement and in cooperation with those designated by the Government of Nicaragua, for the training of whom your Government offers facilities. In the name of my Government I accept and, through you, I pro- foundly thank the illustrious Government of the United States for its generous offer, furthermore placing at the entire disposal of the committee of experts, in conformity with our resources, the raw materials, services, and funds necessary for the realization of the projects which may be approved, and extending to them every facility required for the realization of such an important labor. I have today placed the important offer of your Government before His Excellency the President of the Republic and the Director General of Public Health. I avail myself of this opportunity to reiterate to you my distin- guished consideration. ANTONIO BARQUERO The Honorable WILLIAM P. COCHRAN, Jr., Charge d'Affaires a.i. of the United States of America, Managua, D.N.

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