Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/624

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1300 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. Translation DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS E. U. No. 3500 Port-au-Prince,July 12, 1944 MR. AMBASSADOR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of note no. 32, of June 29 last, in which Your Excellency informs me that with a view to con- tinuing its cooperation with the Haitian Government in the public health program undertaken in Haiti since 1942, the Government of the United States of America is prepared to make available to the Republic of Haiti an additional sum of $300,000 through the Institute of Inter- American Affairs. The Haitian Government is happy to accept the generous offer of that of the United States and undertakes to make, on its part, a con- tribution of $150,000 for the extension of the said public health pro- gram. It will not fail, moreover, to see to the execution of all the conditions prescribed. Requesting Your Excellency to be good enough to express to your Government the sentiments of gratitude of the Haitian Government for this new testimony of its benevolent friendship, I renew to you, Mr. Ambassador, the assurances of my very high consideration. GERARD LESCOT His Excellency ORME WILSON, Ambassador Eztraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, Port-au-Prince,