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 1282 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. Translation REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS No. 1124B SAN JosE, May 29, 1944. MR. AMBASSADOR: In view of the provision in the third paragraph of the agreement concluded May 20 last in the city of San Jos6 between the Govern- ment of Costa Rica and that of the United States of America for the temporary furnishing of Costa Rican laborers to this latter coun- try, and in which there appear as representatives the Assistant Sec- retary of Labor and Social Welfare, Lic. HernAn Bejarano Rivera, on the part of Costa Rica, and Mr. Hiram S. Phillips, on the part of the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission of the United States of America, I have the honor to transmit to Your Excellency the present exchange note as ratification of that agreement on the part of the Government of Costa Rica. The document spoken of in the foregoing paragraph reads thus: [For English version of the agreement of May 20, 1944 see infra.] I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest and most distinguished consideration. JULIO ACOSTA His Excellency, FAY ALLEN DES PORTES, AmbassadorExtraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, San Jose. Contract Between us, Hernan Bejarano Rivera, Under Secretary of State for Labor and Social Welfare for the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica, duly authorized for the purpose by the President of the Republic and Hiram S. Phillips, Representative of the Chairman of the War Manpower Commission of the United States, WHEREAS, in the furtherance of the common war effort of the United Nations, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Costa Rica are desirous of facilitating the temporary migration of workers from Costa Rica to the. United States of America for employment within the continental limits of the United States with industries and services essential to the preservation, marketing, or distribution of agricultural products, including the timber and lumber industries; Now, THEREFORE, the following general provisions are sug- gested and this understanding may be formalized by an exchange of notes between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Costa Rica and the Embassy of the United States of America in Costa Rica:

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