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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT Translation DAI/241/512.6(22)/1944/one enclosure Ministry of Education and Health 49 7 Rio DE JANEIRO, August 24, 194.4. MR. VICE PRESIDENT: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July Ank, p. 3. 18 last in which Your Excellency, in order to facilitate and improve the execution of the cooperative program of health and sanitation undertaken by the Special Public Health Service, and in order to allow an increasing participation by Brazilians in the operation of the aforementioned Service, proposes the following modifications in cer- tain clauses of the agreement between the Brazilian Government and the Government of the United States, signed on November 25, 57 Stat. 1388. 1943: [For the English language text of the modifications quoted in this letter, see p. 3836 ff.] Your Excellency further suggests in the aforementioned letter: a) that wherever in the agreement the phrase "the Minister of Educa- tion and Health" is mentioned it will be interpreted to mean the "Minister of Education and Health or his delegate". b) that this delegate be the Superintendent of the Special Public Health Service; and 67 stat. 1338. c) that the agreement of November 25, 1943 shall remain in full force and effect, except insofar as it is specifically amended by the foregoing modifications. After giving due consideration to the modifications suggested by Your Excellency, and after submitting the matter to the high con- sideration of the President of the Republic, I take pleasure in com- municating to you that I approve and accept the aforementioned modifications, and that they will constitute an effective agreement between the Institute of Inter-American Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Health in accordance with the terms contained in Your Excellency's letter and in the present document. I avail myself of this occasion to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my distinguished consideration and esteem. GUSTAVO CAPANEMA.

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