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 59 STAT.] ARGENTINA-FUEL AND VEGETABLE OIL-MAY 9, 1945 Checchi and Mr. Randolph Powell Butler, Special Agent of the U. S. Commercial Company, an agency of the Government of the United States of America, to express my Government's agreement to the fol- lowing clauses: [For English version of sections A through E see note No. 980 of Infra. May 9, 1945 from the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship.] This note and your reply will constitute an Agreement between our Governments which will take effect from this date. I greet you with my highest and most distinguished consideration. CESAR AMEGHINO MR. EDWARD LYNDAL REED, Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America, FederalCapital The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship EMrBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 980 BUENos AIRES, Mazy 9, 1945. EXCELLENCY, I have the honor to address Your Excellency with reference to the negotiations carried out between Mr. Randolph Powell Butler, Special Agent of the U.S. Commercial Company, an agency of the Govern- ment of the United States of America, and His Excellency The Sec- retary of Industry and Commerce of the Republic of Argentina, Brigadier-General Julio C. Checci, and to express the agreement of my Government to the following clauses: A. FUEL OIL AND SHIPPING 1. The U.S. Commercial Company agrees to make available for shipment to Argentina, as soon as practicable after this date, not less than 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand) metric tons of fuel oil, in consideration of the Argentine Government's agreement hereafter set forth to sell to the U.S. Commercial Company the entire export- able surplus, subject to the reservations hereafter established, of flax- seed and its products, arising from the 1944-1945 or prior crops, and to extend other guaranties as herein outlined. Furthermore, the U.S. Commercial Company agrees to make available for shipment to Ar- gentina, upon completion of the foregoing quantity and up to De- cember 31, 1946, an additional 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand) metric tons of fuel oil, or a quantity of fuel oil equivalent to the caloric value of the 1945-1946 exportable surplus of flaxseed and its products, whichever is higher, in consideration of the Argentine Government's agreement hereafter set forth to sell to the U.S. Commercial Com- pany the entire exportable surplus of flaxseed and its products, aris- 1807

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