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 59 STAT.] COSTA RICA-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-MAY 22, 29, 1944 Agreement between the United States of America and Costa Rica ap- May 22,29, 144 proving memorandum agreement signed May 20, 1944, respecting [E.A.S. 451 temporary migration of Costa Rican agricultural workers. Effected by exchange of notes signed at San Jose May 22, 29, 194. The American Ambassador to the Costa Rican Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 257 San Jose, Costa Rica May 22, 1944 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to my note No. 250 of May 15, 1944[1] and to Your Excellency's courteous reply No. 950 x B of the same date,[r] relative to the mission of Mr. Hiram S. Phillips, principal employment service analyst of the War Manpower Commission, who was desirous of concluding a contract with the Government of Costa Rica for the furnishing of a supply of laborers from this country for temporary employment in the timber and lumber and food processing industries in the United States, as well as the actual signing of the contract by His Excellency, Teodoro Picado, President of the Republic, and Sefior Hernan Bejarano Rivera, Under Secretary of State for Labor and Social Welfare, on behalf of the Government of Costa Rica and Mr. Hiram S. Phillips on behalf of the War Manpower Commission of the United States yesterday morning. In this connection I beg to formalize, through the exchange of notes with Your Excellency's Ministry as required in Paragraph Three, the general provisions of this contract. Pt,p. 1282 I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. FAY ALLEN DES PORTES. His Excellency Sefor don JULIO ACOSTA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs San Jose, Costa Rica [Not printed.] 1275

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