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 62 STAT.] COLOMBIA-HEALTH AND SANITATION-JULY 8, 29, 1948 If Your Excellency agrees that the proposed extension on the above basis is acceptable to your Government, I would appreciate receiving an expression of Your Excellency's opinion and agreement thereto as soon as may be possible. in order that the technical details of the ex- tension may be worked out by officials of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs. The Government of the United States of America will consider the present Note and your reply Note concurring therein as constituting an agreement between our two Governments, which shall come into force on the date of signature [1] of an Agreement by the Minister of Hygiene of Colombia and by a Representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs embodying the above mentioned technical details. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. WILLARD L. BEAULAO His Excellency Doctor EDUARDO ZULETA ANGEL, Minister of ForeignRelations, Colombia. The Colombian Minister of ForeignRelations to the American Ambassador MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES 01-570 - BOGOTA, julio 29 de 1948. SErOxi EMIBAJADOR: Me honro en avisar recibo a Vuestra Excelencia de su nota numero 151 fechada el 8 de julio de 1948, en la cual se esbozan las condiciones en que el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de America esta dispuesto a aceptar una pr 6 rroga del Convenio basico entre el Gobierno de Colombia y el Instituto de Asuntos Interamericanos, que dispone la continuaci6n del programa cooperative de salubridad y saneamiento de Colombia. Me complazco en manifestar a Vuestra Excelencia que mi Gobierno conviene en la pr6rroga proyectada de aquel Convenio, sobre la base expuesta en la nota de Vuestra Excelencia y que, por tanto, el Gobierno de Colombia considerara que la nota de Vuestra Excelencia y la presente respuesta de conformidad, constituyen un Convenio cele- brado entre nuestros dos Gobiernos, el cual entrara en vigencia desde el dia en que el Ministro de Higiene de Colombia y un representante del Instituto de Asuntos Interamericanos firmen un Convenio que incluya los detalles tecnicos de dicha pr6rroga. 'July 31, 1948. 3881 Entry into force.

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