58 STAT.] PERU-HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAM-MAY 9, 11, 1942 Agreement between the United States of America and Peru respecting a May 9and 11, 1942 health and sanitationprogram. Effected by exchange of notes signed at IE.A. 8.441 Washington May 9 and 11, 1942. The Under Secretary of State to the PerwvianMinister of Financeand Commerce DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON May 9, 1942 MY DEAR MR. MINISTER: I refer to the notes exchanged between the Governments of the United States and Peru on April 23, 1942 [1] on rubber develop- ment in the Peruvian Amazon in which rubber development is to be carried forward. If it is the desire of the Government of Peru to carry out health and sanitation work in connection with the produc- tion of rubber in this area, the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-Amer- ican Affairs is prepared to send at once to Peru, on your request, in co- operation with the appropriate officials of the Peruvian Government and its health services such experts as your Government desires in order to collaborate in developing and executing a specific health and sanitation program. This program would be initially designed for the Amazon Basin area for the special purpose of aiding in the stimulation of rubber production, but at the desire of the Government of Peru could be extended to other areas. For these purposes this Government, through the agency of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, will provide an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to be expended toward the development of this health and sanitation program. It is understood that the Government of Peru will furnish such expert personnel, materials, services, and funds for local expenditures as it may be able to or consider necessary for the efficient development of the program. The group of United States medical and sanitation experts which the Peruvian Government requests to be sent by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs shall be under the direction of the chief medical officer of the health and sanitation field party of the Coordinator's Office, who, in turn, will be under the supervision of the appropriate officials of the Peruvian Government. Detailed arrangements for the execution of each project shall be discussed and agreed to between the chief medical officer and the appropriately designated official of the Peruvian Government. Tech- nical advice and expert assistance of the United States medical and sanitation specialists will be made available to the appropriate Peru- vian authorities at any time that the need for consultation arises '[Not printed.] 1543
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