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 2892 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. The American Ambassador to the ParaguayanMinister of Foreign Relations and Worship AsUNCI6N, June 30, 1948. No. iS EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the Basic Agreement between the Gov- ernment of Paraguay and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, dated December 31, 1942, as later modified and extended,[l] which provided for the initiation and execution of the existing cooperative agricultural program in Paraguay. I also refer to the telegram, dated June 14,1948, from His Excellency the Provisional President of Para- guay, Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos, to President Harry S. Truman[ ' ] suggesting the consideration by our respective Governments of a further extension of that Agreement. As Your Excellency knows, the agreement of December 31, 1942, as amended, provides that the cooperative agricultural program will terminate on June 30, 1948. However, considering the mutual bene- fits which both governments are deriving from the program, my Government agrees with the Government of Paraguay that an exten- Perod of extenion. sion of such program would be desirable. I have been advised by the Department of State in Washington that arrangements may now be made for the Institute to continue its participation in the cooperative program for a period of one year, from June 30, 1948 through June contrbuions. 30, 1949. It would be understood that, during such period of extension the Institute would make a contribution of $100,000 U. S. Cy. to the Servicio Tecnico Interamericano de Cooperaci6n Agricola for use in carrying out project activities of the program on condition that your Government would contribute to the Servicio for the same purpose the sum of Guarani 1,103,400. The Institute would also be willing during the same extension period to make available an amount not exceeding $160,000 U. S. Cy. to be retained by the Institute, and not deposited to the account of the Servicio, for payment of salaries and other ex- penses of the members of the Institute Food Supply Field Staff who are maintained by the Institute in Paraguay. The amounts referred to would be in addition to the sums already required under the present Basic Agreement to be contributed and made available by the parties in furtherance of the program. 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 exten- sion may be worked out by officials of the Ministry of Economy and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Entry into force. 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 of an agreement by the Minister of Not printed

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