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 4278 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. effect between Mexico and the United States of America, be extended for three years, although I am not yet in a position to communicate to Your Excellency the answer of the competent Mexican authorities, I have the honor to inform you that the Department of Agriculture and Development, with the desire to promote the establishment of stations for that service, informs this branch of the Executive that the Office of the Director General of Geography, Meteorology and Hydrology has suggested to the United States Meteorological Service the advan- tage in establishing two stations of the same nature at Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas and Chihuahua, Chihuahua, which would be operated under the same terms stated in the Memorandum of Agreement men- tioned. The said Department refers to the fact that the United States Meteorological Service, in a note sent by its representative, Mr. Arnold P. Eliot, dated May 8 last, [1] agrees to establish the station referred to in the capital of the State of Tamaulipas. In accord with the aforegoing, I have the honor to bring this infor- mation to Your Excellency's attention to the end that, if desirable, the existing Agreement may be extended to include the station referred to. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. P CAMPOS His Excellency GEORGE S. MESSERSMITH AmbassadorEatraordinaryandPlenipotentiary of the United States of America City. The American Ambassador to the Acting Minister for Foreign Relations EMBAssY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No . 4025 Mexico, D.F., June 21, 1945 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's courteous note No. 56730 dated June 16, 1945 with reference to this Embassy's communication No. 3884 of June 12, [2] 1945 concerning the eventual renewal for a period of three years of the Memorandum Agreement existing between the Governments of Mexico and the United States and pertaining to the cooperative project of the Mexican Weather Bureau and the United States Weather Bureau under the program of the Interdepartmental Committee on Cultural and Sci- entific Cooperation with the American Republics. Your Excellency informs me that the Direcci6n General de Geografia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia of the Ministry of Agriculture suggests for the considera- 1 [Not printed.] [This date should read "May 1'2; see ante, p. 4276.1

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