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 2896 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAI Translation MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND WORSHIP D.A.E. y C. ASUNCI6N, January£0, 1947. No. 24. MR. AMBASSADOR: I take pleasure in addressing Your Excellency in order to provide you with the text of note S/No. 13 of January 16 from the Ministry of Agriculture, which reads as follows: "Mr. Minister: For four years services have been rendered in Paraguay by STICA (Servicio T6cnico Interamericano de Coopera- ci6n Agricola), a special agency created under an agreement signed by the Government of Paraguay and the Institute of Inter-American Affairs of the United States ['] (which institution is already widely known for its cooperative efforts within the spirit of the Good Neighbor Policy). The agreement which created STICA vests in it powers to collaborate with this Ministry in increasing agricultural and livestock production and improving the living standards of the farm population, thereby furthering the intensification of com- mercial and cultural exchange between the two countries. The results of the work of STICA are just beginning to be felt in the national economy, for it is well known that all progress in agricul- tural and livestock matters is by nature slow. Hence it is the opinion of this Ministry that the work of STICA should be continued without interruption for several more years, in order that the in- vestments and efforts made by the two Governments may be crowned with fully justified success. In view of the circumstances briefly set forth above, I request that Your Excellency be good enough to communicate to His Excellency Willard Beaulac, Ambassador of the United States of America, our Government's wish to extend STICA'S cooperative work for five more years (from the expiration of the present contract on December 31, 1947). Should it not be possible for the time being to extend STICA for five years, it is our Government's desire to subscribe to an extension until June 30, 1948, at the same time increasing the present budget, which is not sufficient to insure the success of the projects undertaken. To this end the Government of Paraguay is prepared to sign a new contract with the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, which would be in force until June 30, 1948, Paraguay contributing ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS and the United States, FITrr THOUSAND DOLLARS, the quotas and dates of payment thereof to be established by mutual agreement. It is suggested that the new agreement be signed before March 15, 1947, so that the work undertaken may not be interrupted. I avail myself of this opportunity to express to you, Mr. Minister, my highest consideration. IaGNED: GurLLER.O ENCISO VEnzLO. Minister." 'Not printed

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