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 1406 SCIPA. Food Production Mission. Program. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. eral program outlined in Clause Three of the Memorandum of Agree- ment, have not been clearly explained therein, permit me to say that there would appear to be no objection to the United States technical personnel, if so mutually agreed upon, also lending their services toward these ends. Such technical assistance, it may be observed, would seem to be provided for under the terms of the final paragraph of the Memorandum of Agreement. Please accept, Excellency, the assurance of my high consideration. R. HENRY NORWEB Enclosure: Memorandum of Agreement His Excellency GODOFREDO A. LABARTHE, Minister of Agriculture, Lima. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT First-The Government of the Republic of Peru will create, as a separate entity, a special technical service within the Ministry of Agriculture, which shall be known as the Servicio Cooperativo Inter- Americano de Producci6n de Alimentos (Inter-American Coopera- tive Food Production Service), hereafter to be called the SCIPA. The SCIPA shall function in the formulation and execution of the food production program hereinafter set forth. It shall be a de- pendency of the Ministry of Agriculture. Second-The Government of the United States of America, repre- sented by The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, an instrumentality of the United States of America, will name a food production mission to assist in the consummation of the program in Peru. The person in charge of this mission will be an expert who shall have the title of Chief, Food Production Mission, in Peru. This official shall be the representative of the Food Production Division of The Institute of Inter-American Affairs in Peru. Subject to the approval of the Minister of Agriculture, the Chief of the Food Pro- duction Mission in Peru shall be the Director of the SCI'A. The appointment of the Director is for the term of one year. Third-The SCIPA will submit and develop a program to increase the production of foodstuffs of vegetable and animal origin, of pri- mary necessity, covering at least the following items: (a) technical assistance for the increase and improvement of pro- duction of food products of animal and vegetable origin; (b) development of plans for crop adjustment; (c) development of new acreage. including agricultural coloniza- tion, and plans for soil conservation works; dry farming; and soil survey for new irrigation areas.

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