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 1274 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. States Government; and that the Foundation will be accorded every facility of free communication and transportation within the limits of Guatemala and, in addition, that the Foundation and its employees will be exempt from internal taxation. I am pleased to state to Your Excellency that the Department of Public Education has informed me that, on the 12th of August, there was signed the agreement specifying the details and modalities of the cooperative educational program; and, with respect to the rights and privileges which this Government is to extend to the Foundation and its employees, I am glad to inform Your Excellency that the said Department of Public Education has communicated to me, in a note which I have just received, that Your Excellency's interpretation of the matter is entirely satisfactory to the Government of Guatemala; for which effect, the above-mentioned Department of Public Educa- tion hopes to receive the declarations which the Inter-American Educational Foundation may make to the Government concerning the importation of official articles and equipment intended for the Foundation and the personal articles and effects of its employees, in order to take steps with the Department of Hacienda and Public Credit, in each case, for the free entry into the country of such articles. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest and most distinguished consideration, CARLOS SALAZAR His Excellency BOAZ LONG, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States. City.

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