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 61 STAT.] HONDURAS-HEALTH AND SANITATION-May 5, 1942 2319 Aprx.18, 19, 19441 Agreement between the United States of America and Hondurasrespecting May 5, 8 1942, and health and sanitation. Effected by exchange of notes signed at r. A. S.1951 Tegucigalpa April 18 and 19, 1944; effective May 1, 1944. And exchange of notes of May 5 and 8, 1942. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Honduran Minister for ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Note No. 184 Tegucigalpa, D.C ., April 18, 1944. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the notes exchanged between the Min- ister of Foreign Affairs to the Republic of Honduras and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Republic of Honduras, dated May 8, 1942 and May 5, 1942, respectively, and to the Agreement between the Republic Post,pp. 2332331. of Honduras and the Institute of Inter-American Affairs of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, dated July 8, 1942, Post, P - 234. all relative to a cooperative program of public health and sanitation in the Republic of Honduras as approved for by Resolution XXX at the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics in Rio de Janeiro, in January 1942. [1] In accordance with the notes and agreement referred to the United States of America has contributed the sum of $500,000.00 to the cooperative health and sanitation program, which is now being carried out in the Republic of Honduras. If desired by the Government of the Republic of Honduras, the 1 contribution of ad- Government of the United States of America, through the Institute and Hondura. of Inter-American Affairs, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-Ameri- can Affairs, which is an agency of the Government of the United States of America, is prepared to contribute an additional sum of $300,000.00 for the purpose of cooperating with the Government of the Republic of Honduras in extending the cooperative program of public health and sanitation, and providing for the termination of the program within a three-year period, beginning May 1, 1944, pro- vided the Republic of Honduras makes a like sum of $300,000.00 available for the said cooperative program of public health and sani- tation. It is understood that the funds contributed by both govern- Expenditure ments will be expended through a special agency created within the ae g h p e n l Direccion General de Sanidad Publica of the Republic of Honduras, which special agency is known as the "Servicio Cooperative Inter- americano de Salud Publica". The kind of work and specific projects to be undertaken and the expenditure of the funds are to be mutually [Department of State Bulletin, Feb. 7,1942, p. 137.]

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