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 61 STAT.] HONDURAS-HEALTH AND SANITATION- M ay 5, 8, 1942 2333 Apr. 18, 19, 1944 2333 americanos y trabajara en estrecha cooperaci6n con las apropiadas autoridades hondurefias. En contestaci6n me es grato informar a Vuestra Excelencia que mi Gobierno con el mayor gusto acepta el ofrecimiento del Gobierno americano en los terminos que se sirve Vuestra Excelencia explanar en su nota al principio citada y espera la llegada al pais del grupo de expertos ofrecido que se encargara de desarrollar un programa especifico en relaci6n con las condiciones de salud y sanidad del pais, para proceder a designar los funcionarios hondurefios que cooperaran en dicha obra. Al rendir al Gobierno Americano, por el digno medio de Vuestra Excelencia, las mas expresivas gracias por su expontaneo ofrecimiento en beneficio de la sanidad de Honduras, aprovecho la oportunidad para reiterarle el testimonio de mi mas alto aprecio y distinguida con- sideraci6n, SALVADOR AGauRRE Excelentisimo Sefor JOHN D. EBWIN, Enviado Extraordinarioy Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos de America. Legacion TAmericana. Translation MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS NATIONAL PALACE Of. No. 2657 Tegucigalpa,D.C ., May 8, 1942 MR. MINISTER: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's courteous note No. 644, dated the 5th instant, by which you are good enough to inform me that, in accordance with Resolution of the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in connection with health and sanitation conditions, the Government of the United States is prepared to con- tribute the sum of $500,000.00 to be expended in ways which will assist the Government of Honduras in attaining its objectives in matters of health and sanitation; that your Government notes that projects such as the improvement of water supply, the development of facilities for adequate sewage disposal and the control of endemic and epidemic diseases have been the chief objectives of the Government of Honduras in health and sanitation matters and that it considers that the further development of projects of this character will contribute to the reali- zation of the general objectives set forth in the above-mentioned Resolution to which our respective Governments are committed. Your Excellency adds that your Government, acting through the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, will send, if it is agreeable to this Office, a small group of experts to Honduras in

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