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 1430 Assistance in train- ing program. Execution of obliga- tions by Guatemalan agency. Entry into force; duration. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT. station, subject to the availability of such vehicles in the United States of America. 4. The Government of the United States through the United States Department of Agriculture agrees that its national scientists at the station will assist in the work training program of students approved by the Guatemalan National School of Agriculture for studies on problems pertaining to cinchona when so requested by the School and at the discretion of the station director. 5. The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of Guatemala mutually agree that the Government of Guate- mala may delegate the execution of any of its obligations under this Agreement to any Guatemalan agency acceptable to the director of the station. 6. This Agreement shall come in force on the day of signature and shall continue in force for a period of ten years unless either of the Governments shall fail to provide the funds necessary for its execution in which event it may be terminated on written notice by either Government. Signed and sealed at Guatemala, in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages, this fifteenth day of July, nineteen-hundred and forty-four. For the United States For the Republic of of America- Guatemala- BOAZ LONG CARLOS SALAZAR [SEAL] [SEAL] MEMORANDUM DE ACUERDO Con objeto de fomentar el cultivo de la chinchona en el Hemisferio Occidental, y asegurar asi a las Naciones Americanas provisi6n adecuada de productos antipalddicos, los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos de America y de Guatemala convicnen en cooperar al esta- blecimiento y administraci6n en Guatemala de una estaci6n agricola experimental, y a ese fin celebran el acuerdo siguiente: 1. Dentro de las funciones generales de la estaci6n quedan com- prendidas: (a) Las investigaciones necesarias para la creaci6n y mantenimiento en Guatemala de una industria permanente de chin- chona; (b) Las investigaciones que se estimaren deseables sobre la producci6n agron6mica de otros cultivos tropicales complementarios; (c) La cooperaci6n a que se adopten pr&cticas agricolas reconocidas; (d) La propagaci6n de materiales para siembra; (e) La cooperaci6n con otras instituciones agricolas del Hemisferio Occidental al fomento de la agricultura tropical, mediante consultas e intercambio de ma- terial de diseminaci6n, de informaci6n cientifica y de personal; y (f) la cooperaci6n con agencias oficiales de los Gobiernos de las demas Repiblicas del Hemisferio Occidental al desarrollo de la agricultura tropical. 2. El Gobierno de Guatemala, por su parte, o actuando mediante la Cooperativa de Cultivadores de Chinchona u otra entidad no oficial

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