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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. Translation MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA MANAGOTA, D.N. March 31,1944. Mr. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your courteous note No. 61 of yesterday's date, in which you make mention of the notes of 57 Stat. 130 . May 18 and 22, 1942 exchanged between your Embassy and this Min- istry, relative to the cooperative program of health and sanitation in Nicaragua provided for in Resolution XXX approved at the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics held in Rio de Janeiro in January 1942. In that note, you explain that besides the contribution of $500,000 which the Government of the United States of America has made for purposes of health and sanitation in my country, it is prepared to contribute likewise, if my Government so desires, an additional sum of $300,000, through the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, in order to extend the cooperative program of health and sanitation over a three-year period, beginning April 1, 1944, with the understanding that my Government is to contribute the sum of $150,000 to be com- bined with the funds contributed by the United States of America, and to be spent within the same three-year period. You add, furthermore, that the kind of works and specific projects to be undertaken, as well as the cost thereof, would be determined by mutual agreement between the agents of both Governments and an official of the Institute; that the funds to be contributed by both Governments will be spent by the special Agency created by my Government within the Direcci6n General de Sanidad, called the Inter-American Cooperative Public Health Service of Nicaragua; that the detailed arrangements for the continuation of the special service and for carrying on the cooperative program of health and sanitation in Nicaragua will be effected by agreement between the appropriate official of my Government and an appro- priate official of the Institute; that it is understood that the Govern- ment of the United States will continue to provide such experts as may be considered necessary for the purpose of collaborating with my Government in the cooperative program of health and sanitation; that the finished projects and the property acquired in connection with the aforementioned program shall be the property of my Gov- ernment; that no project will be undertaken which requires supplying materials, the acquisition of which would impede the war effort; and, lastly, that when the general proposal in reference is approved the details of the program will be the subject of further discussion and agreement. In reply to the courteous note in reference, I am pleased to inform you that my Government approves the said proposal under the afore- mentioned termn 1676

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