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 63 StAT.] MEXICO--ANTHOPOLOGICALI RtESmARCHDec. 4. 1943, Apr. 19, 1944 June 21, 1949 2651 MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT Recent conversations between Dr. Julian H. Steward, Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C ., and Dr. Alfonso Caso, Director of the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of Mexico, and Dr. Daniel F. Rubin de la Borbolla, Director of the Escuela Nacional de Antro- pologia of Mexico, have disclosed a desire on the part of these agencies to cooperate in the development of a program of anthropological teaching and research in Mexico. Accordingly, the Government of the United States of America, through the Smithsonian Institution, and the Government of the United Mexican States, through the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia of the Instituto Nacional de Antro- pologia e Historia, have agreed as follows: It shall be the general objective of the said agencies - Oeneralobjective. 1. To cooperate in the training of research person of of both the Trning oreearch United States and Mexico in the techniques of investigations in peraon 11 social science, linguistics, and physical anthropology; 2. To cooperate in a long-range field research program among the Feld reearh pro- m onger sar Tarascan and other Mexican Indians which will provide for student Id otherMexian training in field work and contribute basic data for an understanding of the native peoples of the Americas, such program to be integrated with the plan already developed and partly carried out by the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia and the University of California; and 3. To publish research findings under such auspices and in such Publication of r forms and languages as in the opinion of the Smithsonian Institu- s r c fndi p. tion and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia will render them the most useful. To that end, the Government of the United States, through the Obligation ofU.S. Smithsonian Institution, agrees- (a) to make available the services of a social anthropologist; a cul- tural geographer; and a linguist or ethnologist; (b) to pay the expenses of its employees while engaged in field research; and (c) to pay for the publication of a portion of the cooperative research. The Government of the United Mexican States, through the Instituto .n°tb,' eio°ns ° Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of the Ministry of Public Edu- s te s cation agrees - (a) to provide the services of the faculty of the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia and its cooperating agencies, office space, labora- tories, books, and teaching facilities; and students for both univer- sity training and field research training; (b) to pay the expenses of its participants while engaged in field research; and (c) to pay for the publication of a portion of the research results.

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