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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. March 14,1942 Agreement between the United States of America and Brazil respecting a [E. A.s. 372] health and sanitation program. Efected by exchange of notes signed at Washington March 14, 1942. The Acting Secretary of State to the Brazilian Minister for Finance DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON March 14, 1942 MY DEAR MR. MINISTER: Antep. 1318. I refer to the notes which we exchanged on March 3, 1942 on rubber development in the Amazon Valley, and specifically to Point 6 of your note concerning the readiness of this Government to lend its good offices through the Health and Sanitation Division of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs in matters pertaining to health and sanitation conditions in the Amazon Valley. I refer also to the agreements reached on that day with respect to other economic projects. The Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs is prepared to send at once to Brazil, on your request, to cooperate with corresponding officials of the Brazilian Government and its health services, such experts as your Government desires in order to collaborate in develop- ing a specific health and sanitation program. The program would be initially designed for the Amazon Basin area for the special pur- pose of aiding in the stimulation of rubber production, but at the desire of the Government of Brazil could be extended to other areas. For these purposes this Government, through the agency of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, will provide an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to be expendedl toward the development of this health and sanitation program. The expenditure of these funds may be applied not only to health and sanitation projects but also, in the discretion of the Government of Brazil, for such medical or sanitation engineering training as the Government of Brazil may wish under- taken by Brazilian specialists. It is understood that the Government of Brazil will furnish such expert personnel, materials, services and funds for local expenditures as it may consider necessary for the efficient development of the program. The group of United States medical and sanitation specialists which the Brazilian Government indicates should be sent by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs shall be under the direction of the chief medical officer of that Office who in turn will be under the supervision of the appropriate officials of the Bra- zilian Government. 1322

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