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 62 STAT.] COLOMBIA--IVIL AVIATION MISSION- Oct. 23 , 1947 1887 Dec. 3. 22, 1947 Translation MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS No.D -3548 Bogotd, December 3, 1947 MR. AMBASSADOR: I have the honor to refer to note No. 23, of October 23 last, by means of which Your Excellency informed this Office of the condi- tions subject to which Your Excellency's Government would be disposed to make available to the Government of Colombia the services of a technical civil aviation mission. I take pleasure in informing Your Excellency that my Government accepts the conditions which were submitted to it by Your Excellency, with the single reservation that for the application of the exemptions from customs duties provided for in Paragraph 8 of Your Excellency's Ate, p. 1885. note, it will be necessary, in each case, for the Chief of the mission to present the corresponding application, specifying therein the articles which are to be imported. Thereby the Members of the Civil Avia- tion Mission would be subject, with respect to the importation of articles for their personal or professional use, to regulations similar to those established for the members of the United States Military Mission which is now serving in Colombia. I shall be grateful to Your Excellency if you will be so good as to inform me of your acceptance of the terms of the present note. I avail myself of this occasion to renew to you the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. For the Minister, the Secretary General, E. GUZMAN ESPONDA His Excellency WILLARD L. BEAULAC Ambassador Extraordinafr and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America City. The American Ambassador to the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 58 December X2, 1947 EXCELLENCY: With reference to Your Excellency's note No. D -3548 of December 3, 1947, concerning conditions covering the proposed United States technical civil aviation mission to Colombia, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that my Government accepts the reservation in connection with the exemption of customs duties, noted in para- graph 8 of the conditions, that in each case the Chief of Mission A, p. m1885. will present a request specifying therein the articles to be imported. My Government is prepared to select the civil aviation technicians

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