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 4282 Regular exchange of meteorological data. General objectives. Ante, p. 4279. Action by U. 8. Weather Bureau. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. Mazatlan, and Tapachula the project will result in filling an existing gap in the network. The stations will make it possible for the Mexican Meteorological Service and the Weather Bureau to obtain data on the temperature, pressure and humidity of the atmosphere from the earth's surface to great heights. This information is of vital importance to aviation both in Mexico and the United States and it is therefore hoped that Your Excellency will be so kind as to expedite a reply in the premises. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. GEORGE S. MEERSSIIMITH Enclosure: Memorandum Agreement, as stated. His Excellency Senor Licenciado EZEQUIEL PADrLLA, Minister for ForeignRelations, Mexico, D. F1 MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT In accordance with recent correspondence between Dr. F. W. Reich- elderfer, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, and Dr. Jose C. Gomez, Chief of the Mexican Meteorological Service, and previous conversations between representatives of the two organizations, the Government of the United States, through the Weather Bureau, now proposes to cooperate with the Government of Mexico, through the Mexican Meteorological Service, in organizing the regular exchange of meteorological data, subject to the following understanding: It shall be the general objective of the said meteorological services of the two countries - 1. To cooperate in the establishment and operation of three radio- sonde observation stations in Mexico, to be located at Mexico City (Tacubaya), Mazatlan and Tapachula; and 2. To provide for the daily exchange of upper-air weather ob- servations between the United States Weather Bureau and the Mexican Meteorological Service for the use of each country, es- pecially in serving the needs of aviation, and to render it possible for the Government of the United States and the Government of Mexico to assist in the development of a continental exchange of weather information, forecasts, and warnings. To attain the foregoing objectives, the United States Weather Bu- reau agrees to - (a) Provide and install the ground equipment necessary for mak- ing radiosonde observations at each of the three stations and pay the cost of necessary repairs; (b) Authorize one of its technicians to visit the observation sta- tions to repair the ground equipment, whenever such equipment becomes inoperative and repairs cannot be made locally;

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