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 62 STAT.] MEXICO-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-FEB. 20, 21, 1948 Agreement between the United States of America and Mexico respecting February 20,21,19 temporary migration of Mexican agricultural workers, superseding IT.I. A.. 196 the agreements of April 26, 1943, and March 10, 1947. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Mexico, D. F., February20 and 21, 1948; entered into force February21, 1948. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Mexican Secretary for Foreign Relations No. 1776 MEXICO, D. F ., February 20, 1948 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to conversations which have recently been held in El Paso, Texas, and in Mexico City between representatives of the United States of America and the United Mexican States with the object of arriving at a mutual and satisfactory agreement for the further recruiting of Mexican agricultural workers for the United States, and to the results of these conversations by which an agree- ment was signed between the said representatives on February 17, 1948. The text of the agreement is as follows: "MIGRATION OF MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS "In view of the termination on December 31, 1947, of the joint administration of the Agreement of April 26, 1943, under which tat.1 Mexican agricultural workers temporarily migrated to the United States to cooperate in agricultural production in that country, and in view of the continued need for additional agricultural workers in certain regions of the United States, the Embassy of the United States in Mexico City, in a note to the Mexican Foreign Office dated November 10, 1947,[1] proposed conversations between representa- tives of the two Governments to formulate recommendations as to conditions and terms to govern future employment of Mexican agri- cultural workers in the United States. The Mexican Government expressed agreement to the proposed discussions and named the following delegation: "As DELEGATES: Alfonso Guerra, Executive Officer of the Depart- ment of Foreign Affairs; Lie. Horacio Teran, Executive Officer of the Department of the Interior; Colonel Raul Michel, Consul General of Mexico at El Paso, Texas; and Lie. Celso Ledesma Labastida, Chief Counselor, Department of Labor and Social Welfare. "As ADVISERS: Arcadio Ojeda Garcfa, Chief of Immigration Service, Department of the Interior; Lie. Guillermo Garcia Maynez, Counselor of the Labor Department; Roberto S. Urrea, Consul of Mexico at El Paso, Texas; Alberto Monroy, Chief of the Interdepartmental Office, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua; Jos6 Reyes Nava, Chief of the Inter- departmental Office at Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Joaquin Terra- ' Not printed. 3887

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