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 61 STAT.] COLOMBIA-HEALTH AND SANITATION Jan. 24 Feb.12,1944 2883 Feb. 14, 19, 1946 Translation MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS No. D.- 343- Bogotd, February19, 1946 MR. AMBASSADOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note, of February 14 of the current year, number 137, with reference Antep. 28s0. to the continuation of the cooperative program of hygiene and health in Colombia the details of which are being planned by the Ministry of Labor, Hygiene and Social Welfare and the Institute of Inter- American Affairs in Washington. The text of Your Excellency's note was communicated to the aforementioned Ministry of Labor. On the other hand, the Institute of Inter-American Affairs in a note of the 19th of the current month, has addressed the Ministry of Labor, indicating some changes which it considers necessary for the extension of the above agreement and for the mutual convenience of the Parties. I am pleased to inform Your Excellency in the first place that the Government of Colombia views with real satisfaction the fact that the collaboration between this Government and the Institute of Inter- American Affairs, as a branch of the Government of the United States, may continue and carry out the extension of the programs, subject naturally to the changes which are agreed upon in conformity with the necessities of this new epoch. As to the time of extension, the amounts which have to be con- tributed by both Governments and other particulars, all that may be a matter for study between Colonel Gotaa, as the representative of the Institute, and the Ministry of Labor, Hygiene and Social Welfare. This Chancelry authorizes fully the carrying out of this agreement between the two entities referred to. I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. FERNANDO LONDONO L His Excellency JOHN C. WILEY, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America City. The Presidentof the Institute of Inter-American Affairs to the Colombian Minister of Labor, Hygiene, and Social Welfare OFFICE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS THE INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS February 19, 1946 Sr. Dr. ADAN ARRIAGA ANDRADE Ministro de Trabajo, Higiene y Previsi6n Social E.S.D. I have the honor to refer to the diplomatic notes exchanged between His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America in the

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