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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. Agreement between the UnitedStates of America and Peru respecting a health and sanitation program. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Lima March 2 and April 3, 1944; effective July 1, 1944. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Peruvian Minister for ForeignAffairs No. 1707 EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Lima, March 2,1944. 58 Stat. 1543 , 1544. Contribution of ad- ditional sums by U. S . and Peru. EXCELIENCY: I have the honor to refer to notes exchanged between His Excellency David Dasso, Minister of Finance and Commerce of Peru, and His Excellency Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State of the United States of America, on May 9 and May 11, 1942, relative to the cooperative program of Health and Sanitation provided for by Reso- lution XXX, approved at the third meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics held in Rio de Janeiro in January, 1942. [L] In accordance with the notes under reference, the United States of America has contributed the sum of One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand U. S. Dollars ($1,350,000.00) to the cooperative health and sanitation program now being carried out in Peru. If desired by the Government of Peru, the Government of the United States of America through the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, an agency of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, is prepared to contribute an additional sum of Five Hundred Thousand U. S . Dollars ($500,000.00) for the purpose of cooperating with the Government of Peru in extending the cooperative program of health and sanitation and providing for the termination of this program within a three-year period beginning July 1, 1944, in so far as the funds contributed by the United States of America are concerned. It is understood that the Government of Peru will contribute a sum of soles equivalent to Five Hundred Thousand U. S . Dollars ($500,000.00) to be combined with the funds contributed by the United States of America and expended over the same three-year period for the cooperative program of health and sanitation in Peru. The kind of work and specific projects to be undertaken and the cost thereof are to be mutually agreed to by the appropriate official of the Government of Peru and appropriate official of the Institute ' [Department of State Bulletin, Feb. 7 ,1942, p . 137.] 2484 March 2 and April 3, 1944 IT. I.A. S. 1578]