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 INTERNATIONAL AGREErMENTS OTHR0'THAN TREATIES [68 STAT. Mar. and Aug. 15. 1I9 [T. .. S. .1 !a Continuatn opro- gram. Agreement between the United States of America and Mexico respecting a cooperative weather stations program in Mexico, superseding pre- vious agreements. Effected fy exchange of notes Signed at Mexico, D.F., March 29 and August 15, 1949; entered into force October 20, 1949, operative retroactivelyfrom July 1, 1948. The American Ambassador to the Mexican Acting Ministerfor Foreign Relations EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. ao0 Mexico, D. F ., March 89, 1949. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to conversations which have taken place between representatives of the iovernment of the United States of America and representatives of the Government of the United Mexican States regarding the desirability of continuing the cooperative program established in 1942 for the establishment and operation of surface, winds aloft, and radiosonde observation stations in Mexico. It is my understanding that these conversations have resulted in agreement upon a program for continuation of a cooperative meteor- ological observation program to be carried on by the Weather Bureau, Department of Commerce, on behalf of the Government of the United States of America and by the Mexican Meteorological Service on behalf of the Government of the United Mexican States, in accord- ance with the following principles: 1. Cooperating Agencies - The cooperating agencies shall be (1) for the Government of the United States of America, the Weather Bureau, Department of Commerce, hereinafter referred to as the United States Cooperating Agency, and (2) for the Government of the United Mexican States, the Mexican Meteorological Service, herein- after referred to as the Mexican Cooperating Agency. 2. General Purposes - The general purposes of the present agree- ment shall be as follows: (a) To provide for the establishment, operation, and mainte- nance of meteorological stations, at strategical locations in Mexico selected by mutual arrangement between the two Cooperating Agencies, for securing reports of regularly scheduled surface, winds aloft, and radiosonde observations; and (b) To provide for the daily exchange of surface and upper-air observation reports between the two Cooperating Agencies for the use of the respective countries, particularly to meet the needs of aviation and to make it possible for the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States to assist in the development of a continental exchange of weather information and forecasts and hurricane advisories. 2750

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