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 61 STAT.] PERU--HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAM- - Mar 32,1944 Apr. 3, 1944 of Inter-American Affairs for the Government of the United States of America. It is understood that the funds contributed by both Governments will be expended through the special agency created within the Min- istry of Public Health and Social Welfare by your Government, which special agency is known as the Servicio Cooperativo Inter- Americano de Salud Publica. Detailed arrangements for the con- tinuation of this special agency and the fulfillment of the program will be effected by agreement between the appropriate official of the Gov- ernment of Peru and the appropriate official of the Institute of Inter- American Affairs of the United States of America. All projects completed and property acquired in connection with the health and sanitation program shall be the property of the Gov- ernment of Peru. No project will be undertaken that will require supplies or mate- rials the procurement of which would handicap any phase of the war effort. I should appreciate it if Your Excellency would be so kind as to confirm to me your approval of this general proposal, with the under- standing that the details of the program will be the subject of further discussion and agreement as provided for herein. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration. J.P. JEFFERSON PAT-rERsoN His Excellency Doctor ALFREDO SOLF Y MURno Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lina. The Peruvian Minister for Foreign Affairs to the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES Y CULTO N° (D). 6-3/70 2485 Expenditure through special agency. Ownership of proj- ects, etc. LIMA, 3 de abril de 1944. SE-OR ENCARGADO DE NEGOCIOS: En respuesta a la atenta nota de Vuestra Seiioria N° 1707 de 2 de marzo ultimo, referente a la pr6rroga del contrato celebrado por el Gobierno peruano en relaci6n con el programa cooperativo de salubri- dad acordado en la resoluci6n XXX de la Tercera Reuni6n de Can- cilleres de las Repiblicas Americanas celebrada en Rio de Janeiro en 1942, tengo a honra remitirle copia de la Resoluci6n Suprema expedida por el Ministerio de Salud Pfiblica y Asistencia Social, en la que se aprueba el referido contrato. Al llevar este hecho a conocimiento de Vuestra Sefioria aprovecho 95347°-49-PT. II 14

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