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 61 STAT.] MEXICO-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-MAR. 10, 1947 Agreement between the United States of America and Mexico replacing the agreements of June 2, 1944, and January 9, 1945, respecting Mexican agricultural workers. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Mexico City March 10, 1947; entered into force March 10, 1947. The American Ambassador to the Mexican Secretary of ForeignRelations March 10, 1947 [T.I. A.S. 1857] MEXICO, D. F., March 10, 1947. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the agreement reached by representa- tives of the United States and Mexican Governments as a result of the conferences held in Mexico City between January 27 and February 4, 1947, on the subject of the return to Mexico of illegal Mexican en- trants into the United States, and their possible engagement by American employers as agricultural workers in the United States. The document setting forth this agreement has been duly signed in duplicate originals and is now in possession of the competent author- ities of both governments. I am directed to inform Your Excellency that my government approves the above mentioned document which, for the sake of clarity, is quoted below: In conference in the City of Mexico, Federal District, in the Con- ference Room of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Messrs. William G. MacLean, representative of the Department of State; Ugo Carusi, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice; Albert del Guercio, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the District of Southern California; Maurice L. Stafford, Consul General of the United States of America, in representation of the American Embassy, and Harry F. Brown, observer for the Labor Office of the Department of Agricul- ture, who form the Delegation of the United States of America; and the members of the "Interdepartamental Commission in Charge of Affairs Related to the Emigration of Mexican Workers", created by decree dated January 17, 1947, published in Official Register, no. 20, January 24, 1947, Messrs. Licenciado Benito Coquet, Oficial Mayor of Gobernacion; Doctor Alfonso Guerra, Oficial Mayor of Foreign Relations, and Licenciado J. Jesus Castorena, Oficial Mayor of Labor and Social Welfare, technically advised for this occasion by Messrs. Arcadio Ojeda Garcia, Head of the Department of Migration; Manuel Aguilar, Director General of the Consular Service, and Engineer Jorge Medellin, Head of the Department of General Security and Social Welfare of the Ministry of Labor, who form the Mexican Delegation, Infra; post, p. 4106. U. S. delegation. Mexican delegation. No. 673 4097

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