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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. Translation REPUBLIC OF CHILE MINISTBY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL POLICY No. 1055/7154 Santiago, July 23, 1946 MR. AMBASSADOR: On the 30th of the current month, there will expire the Supple- mentary Trade Agreement effected last year by an exchange of notes Pol, p. 7m. on the same date, whereby the provisional agreement signed by 2Stat. 1479. our Governments on January 6, 1938 was amplified. In order to avoid the lack of an instrument regulating the com- mercial relations between Chile and the United States of America, and pending conclusion of a more ample trade agreement, my Govern- ment is prepared to continue extending to the American products Pot, p. 1715. specified in the lists attached to my note no. 4024 of July 30 of last year, the same treatment as indicated therein. This note and Your Excellency's reply stating your Government's acceptance of its substance, will constitute a new agreement between our two countries, it being understood that the duration of its validity will be one year beginning with the 31st of the current month, unless it is denounced by either of the High Contracting Parties by written notice given thirty days in advance, or is replaced by a broader trade agreement. The Chilean Government avails itself of this opportunity to repeat its desire to hasten the present negotiations in so far as possible, in order that agreement may be reached soon on a broader and more complete treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation which will serve more effectively the mutual interests of both countries. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. JOAQUfN FERNANDEZ His Excellency CLAUDE G. BOWERS, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, City. The American Ambassador to the Chilean Ministerfor Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 2978 Santiago, July 30, 1946 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note of July 23, 1946 contaninng a proposal by the Government of the Republic of Chile to concede to the commerce of the United States of America, without compensation, reductions in the Chilean import duties on certain products as set forth in the enclosure with Your 1714

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