Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 3.djvu/983

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61 STAT.] VENEZUELA-HEALTH AND SANITATION-JUNE 30. 1947 Translation UNITED STATES OF VENEZUELA MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS SECTION No. 2953 CARACAS, June 30, 1947. MR. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES: With reference to your Embassy's courteous note No. 2591, [1] dated January 30, 1947, and as a result of the conversations held subsequently, I have the honor to confirm that it has been agreed between the Governments of the United States of Venezuela and the United States of America to extend a second time, for an addi- tional period of 18 months, beginning January 1, 1947, the coopera- tive program of health and sanitation which is being carried out by the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Pdblica in con- formity with the Modus-Vivendi concluded by an exchange of notes, dated February 18, 1943, which was first extended, through the 57Stat.1126 . same procedure, on June 28, 1944, for a period of 30 months which 58 tat.1446. expired on December 31, 1946. The extension to which the present communication refers shall be effected subject to the following provisions: First: It is considered that the financial obligations of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs and the Government of Venezuela, derived from the initial Modus-Vivendi, have been fulfilled, on the part of the said Institute, by the contribution of $950,000 (American dollars) furnished in the manner specified, and on the part of the Government of Venezuela, by the investment of Bs. 2.00 for each dollar contributed by the former. Likewise, it is recognized that the obligations of the same nature resulting from the first extension of the Modus-Vivendi have been fulfilled, on the part of the said Institute, by the contribu- tion of $500,000 (American currency), in the manner specified, and on the part of the Government of Venezuela, by the investment of a sum in bolivars equivalent to $500,000 (American currency). Any unexpended sum remaining from those contributions at the end of the first period of extension (June, 1944 to December, 1946) shall be avail- able for the cooperative program of health and sanitation agreed upon in this communication. Second: The Institute shall continue to be represented in Venezuela by a group of its personnel, known by the name of Mission of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs in Venezuela, and the Chief of the said Mission shall continue to act as Director of the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Publica for the period of this extension. Third: The cooperative program of health and sanitation shall be financed by the Contracting Parties during the period of extension indicated in this Agreement, in the following manner: (a) The Institute shall contribute a sum not to exceed $166,000 (American dollars) of which $25,000 shall be deposited to the account I [Not printed]. 3275