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 63 STAT.] ECUADOR-NAVAL MISSION-Jan. 27, 1949 2547 Feb. 4, 1949 Agreement between the United States of America and Ecuador, amend- January27 and ing and extending the agreement of December 12, 1940, as modified [TI. S.194 and extended, respecting a naval mission to Ecuador. Effected by ex- change of notes signed at Washington January 27 and February 4, 1949; entered into force February 4, 1949, operative retroactively December 12, 1948. The Secretary of State to the Ecuadoran Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON Jan S7 1949 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 284 of November 29, 1948 [1] requesting the renewal of the Agreement en- tered into on December 12, 1940, modified by an additional article 54 stat. 2. on April 30, 1941 to run concurrently with the Agreement and s Stat. 123. renewed on two occasions for a period of two years each by an ex- change of notes dated July 27 and August 22, 1944 [1] and June 17 and December 11, 1946, ['] respectively, between the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador providing for a United States Naval Mission to Ecuador. In your note of November 29 it was indicated that the Government of Ecuador desires to renew this agreement for a period of two years, the renewal to commence on the termination of the present agreement on December 12, 1948. It was also proposed that Article 4 contain the 4 8 tat. 2430. following subparagraph: "(a) Upon request by the Government of Ecuador for the with- Wlthdrawl of peo drawal of all personnel of the Mission, in the public interest of sOn al of MLiIon Ecuador, without the necessity of complying with subparagraph (a) of this Article." and that Article 9 be amended to read as follows: "Article 9. Each member of the Mission shall discharge his ak and uniorm duties in the Mission with the rank which he holds in the United States Navy, and shall wear the uniform of his rank in the United States Navy." The above-mentioned proposals were transmitted to the Department of the Navy and a reply has been received indicating that while that Department would be glad to extend the Naval Mission Agreement for the suggested period of two years, it would not be possible to in- clude the above-quoted amendments. On the other hand, the Depart- ment of the Navy has requested that the additional Article signed on 'Not printed.

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