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 58 STAT.] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-FOOD SURPLUSES-- 17, 19431277 S-?b. 11, 1944 1277 free of disease, contain no serious bruises and be in condition for export, and be such cattle as will produce wholesome meat for human consumption. (a) The Government of the Dominican Republic undertakes to issue export licenses only to the Commodity Credit Corpora- tion, or its nominee, for the export of live cattle, or beef, during each month, until the number of live cattle so licensed and exported during such month by Commodity Credit Corporation shall amount to at least 1000 head, and the Government of the Dominican Republic will not permit the exportation of live cattle except by the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee. At least 1000 head of the exportable surplus during each month are to be made available for export, and will be exported, in the form of live cattle. Commodity Credit Corporation, or its nominee, will accept offerings of live cattle, under the aforesaid con- ditions, in the excess of one thousand (1,000) head per month whenever the Dominican Government indicates that such excess will not adversely affect the Dominican domestic economy. (b) Nothing contained in the paragraph shall be interpreted to relieve the Dominican Republic of the obligation to Com- modity Credit Corporation to deliver, or cause the delivery, to Commodity Credit Corporation of 700 head of live cattle at 11i per kilo as referred to in the letter of October 12, 1943 by Mr. Leon Falk, Director of Foreign Commodities Division, Commodity Credit Corporation, to Mr. Manuel de Moya. 9. Commodity Credit Corporation, or its nominee, agrees to pur- F rozen aassee of chase until July 1, 1945, any exportable surplus of frozen carcasses of beef, produced from cattle of the nature described in Paragraph 8 hereof, offered for sale to Commodity Credit Corporation, or its nominee, to be delivered c.i .f. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Commodity Credit Corporation, or its nominee, will be prepared to pay a price for frozen carcass beef determined on the basis of 130 per pound, f.o.b. ocean going vessel, Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, official shipped weight final, plus a mutually agreed amount repre- senting the cost of a shroud and the cost of ocean freight from Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic to San Juan, Puerto Rico. (a) Frozen carcasses of beef shall be properly slaughtered in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture and shall be subject to all necessary and proper inspection as determined by the Commodity Credit Corporation, or its nominee. Main- tenance of temperature and condition until delivery at San Juan, Puerto Rico, shall likewise be in accordance with the applicable regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, or as determined by Commodity Credit Corpo- ration, or its nominee.

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