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 57 STAT.] PERU-FOOD PRODUCTION SERVICE-MAY 19, 20, 1943 Agreement between the United States of America and Peru respecting the May192 0 '1943 establishment of the Inter-American Cooperative Food Production [E. A. S.38] Service in Peru. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Lima May 19 and 20, 1943. The American Ambassador to the Peruvian Minister of Agriculture EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Lima, May 19, 1943 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's Note No. 402 of May 14, 1943 [1] transmitting for my consideration the revised draft of the Spanish text of the agreement for the establishment of the Inter- American Cooperative Food Production Service, and to inform Your Excellency that except for two minor changes in wording I concur in Your Excellency's opinion that this Spanish text is satisfactory. These two minor changes, which have been informally discussed with Mr. Moravsky, the Director of Agriculture, are: 1. Page 3, Clause Six, line 11 of the Spanish draft, to be altered to read in English as follows: "but, without prejudice to the immedi- ately preceding provisions of this sentence, the necessary steps will so far as possible be taken to obtain those" 2. Page 3, Clause Nine, next to last line, the insertion after the words "labores oficiales", of the following new sentence which in English reads: "The members of the Food Production Mission of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs will not pay to Peru any direct tax on salaries when they are subject to such a tax by the United States of America". In view of Mr. Moravsky's verbal statement that the above two minor changes are acceptable, I have pleasure in transmitting as an enclosure to this Note an original and one copy of the English text of this Memnorandum of Agreement. Providing you perceive no Post. 14P. objection, I shall also, immediately on receipt from Your Excellency of the agreed-upon Spanish text, forward that document to my Gov- ernment with the statement that this exchange of notes constitutes the agreement for the establishment of the Inter-American Cooperative Food Production Service in Peru. With respect to your Government's desire, expressed in Your Excel- Technicalassistance lency's Note under reference, that the Service assist, by means of its offood products. specialized technical personnel, in the problems of transportation and distribution of food products which, while connected with the gen- [Not printed.] 1405

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