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59 STAT.] HAITI-RUBBER INVESTIGATIONS De. 2,1944 Jan. 8, 1945 1941, the following procedures shall be followed with respect to such sales and with respect to accounting and disbursements: (a) Any such sale shall be made by the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Labor of the Republic of Haiti and the proceeds from any such sale shall be placed in a special account with the understanding that such proceeds shall be used for the improvement and development of the rubber experiment station, the demonstra- tion plantings, and the lands aforesaid. (b) The system of accounting for farm receipts and disburse- ments will be formulated and approved by the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Labor of the Republic of Haiti and the local representatives in charge of rubber investigations for the Depart- ment of Agriculture of the United States of America. ARTICLE II This supplementary agreement shall remain in force as though it were an integral part of the aforesaid letter agreement dated January 24, 1941. This note, together with a reply from Your Excellency indicating the approval of the Government of the Republic of Haiti, will be con- sidered as constituting an agreement between our two Governments on the subject, it being understood that the letter agreement of Janu- ary 24, 1941 became effective, in accordance with its own terms, on the date of its endorsement, and that the supplementary agreement as indicated above shall be effective as of the date of Your Excellency's reply note. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consider- ation. WAINWRIGHT ABBOTT Charge d'Affaires ad interim His Excellency M. GERARD LESCOT, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Port-au -Prince. The Haitian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim SECRtTAIRERIE D'ETAT DES RELATIONS EXTERIEURES E.U. No. 3923 PORT-AU-PRINCE, le 8 Janvier 1945. MONSIEUR LE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, J'ai l'avantage d'accuser reception de la note du 29 d6cembre ecoule, au No. 213, par laquelle, en vous r6f4rant a l'Accord par 6change de notes, dont vous reproduisez le texte, sign6 le 24 janvier 1941 et relatif a l'etablissement d'une station regionale de plantation experimentale de caoutchouc, vous soumettez A l'approbation du Gouvernement Haitien le texte, ci-dessous transcrit, d'un Accord