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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. Translation MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS, RIo DE JANEIRO. DE/444/842.16 (22) (42) December 23, 1946. MR. AMBASSADOR, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that, with reference to the negotiations carried on between the Brazilian authorities and the representatives of the Governments of the United States of Amer- ica and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with respect to the quota of 10,000 tons of rice from the 1945-46 crop reserved by Brazil in conformity with the existing Agreement for sale to Argentina, French Guiana, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Netherland West Indies and the French West Indies, the Brazilian Government agrees to a modification of the Agreement in question on the following bases: I. The Governments of Brazil, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom agree to the increase from 10,000 metric tons to 13,000 metric tons in the quota of rice reserved by Brazil in conformity with the Agreement of December 60s3tat. 1612 21, 1943, for sale to Argentina, French Guiana, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, the French West Indies and the Netherland West Indies. This quota shall be taken from the crop of 1945-46 and shall consist only of rice produced in the States of Piaui, Maranhao and Para. II. No shipment of rice produced by other states shall be author- ized by the Brazilian Government to the countries and pos- sessions specified in Item I of this note. III. The following is considered as an addition to the said quota: 3,463 metric tons of rice from the South, from the crop of 1945-46, which are intended for certain of the countries and possessions specified in Item I of this note and for which export licenses had been issued. IV. The Governments of Brazil, the United States of America and the United Kingdom agree that a maximum price be fixed for the rice referred to in item I of this note, equivalent to 150.00 cruzeiros per 60-kilo bag, F.O.B. Sao Luiz, Parnaiba and Belem, in American dollars or pounds sterling, at the rate of exchange for export in force on August 15 last. Moreover, the sale of this rice shall be made in conformity with the provisions of the existing Agreement, in the section relative to the quota assigned to the countries and posses- sions specified in item I of this Note. V. The Brazilian Government undertakes to issue instructions to its representatives on the International Emergency Food Council to the end that this agency may be informed of the distribution of rice made by the Brazilian authorities to the countries and possessions specified in item I of this note, in order that the said Council may take such distribution into 2946

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