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 61 STAT.] BRAZIL-RURAL EDUCATION-Fe. 21 5 1946 2301 Feb. 151946 Agreement between the United States of America and Brazil respecting Jau ar y 21 and Feb- peting T ruary 15, 1946 a cooperative program of rural education in Brazil. Effected by IT. . A. S. 1549] exchange of notes signed at Rio de Janeiro January 21 and February 15, 1946; effective January 1, 1946. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Brazilian Minister of ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N° 375 Rio de Janeiro, January21, 1946 EXCELLENCY, I have the honor to refer to Resolution N° 28 adopted by the First Conference of Ministers and Directors of Education of the American Republics held in Panama in September and October of 1943 and to our conversations relative to a certain cooperative program in Rural Education which might be undertaken between the Governments of the United States of Brazil and the United States of America. I have also the honor to refer to the informal conversations relative to such a cooperative program in Rural Education held between repre- sentatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and representa- tives of the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., a corpo- ration of the Office of Inter-American Affairs and an agency of the Government of the United States of America. In accordance with the antecedents under reference, the Inter- American Educational Foundation, Inc., has entered into an agree- ment with the Ministry of Agriculture for a cooperative program in the field of Rural Education. Under the terms of this agreement Ptp.2305. the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., will make availa- ble for said cooperative program the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars U.S. Currency, and the Ministry of Agriculture will contribute the equivalent in Brazilian currency of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($750,000.00) Dollars U.S. currency, this amount to be in addition to the regular budget of the Government of Brazil for rural education. This cooperative program will be carried out by a special organiza- tion created within the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and pursuant to specific project agreements which will define the kind of work to be undertaken and the cost thereof and which will be signed by an appropriate official of the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., and by an appropriate official of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is understood that the Government of the United States of America will furnish through the Inter-American Educational Foun- dation, Inc., such educators, specialists and technicians as it may consider appropriate in order to collaborate with Brazilian educators, specialists and technicians in the realization of this cooperative educa- tional program.

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