Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 4.djvu/712

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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. November 6, 1945, and April 12, 1946 [T. I.A. S. 1807] Agreement between the United States of America and Mexico respecting a cooperative program for weather stations on Guadalupe Island. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Mexico November 6, 1945, and April 12, 1946; entered into force April 12, 1946. The American Charg d'Affaires ad interim to the Mexican Ministerfor ForeignAffairs No. 4488 MEXIco, D. F ., November 6, 1945 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to correspondence between the Embassy and the Ministry in 1943 on the subject of an establishment of several synoptic weather stations in northern Mexico on the basis of a cooperative arrangement between the United States Weather Bureau and the Mexican Meteorological Service. Reference is made particularly to the following communications. The Embassy's note Ante, p.40. no. 1271 dated May 18, 1943, proposing the establishment of a network of nine synoptic stations and informing the Ministry that the United States Government is prepared to provide the necessary equipment for these stations: to the Ministry's note no. 54229 dated Ante,p .4057. June 14, 1943, informing the Embassy that the Mexican Govern- ment is agreeable to the establishment of nine synoptic stations on the suggested cooperative basis and transmitting a memorandum con- taining certain information related to the project, as provided by the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and to the Embassy's note no. 1421 dated June 29, 1943, ['] informing the Ministry that an official of the United States Weather Bureau has been designated as a technical advisor to consult with officials of the Mexican Government and to complete the necessary arrangements and agreements in connection with the establishment of the nine stations in question. ropdsed staton on The Embassy was informed several weeks ago by the present repre- sentative of Mexico of the United States Weather Bureau to the effect that the Bureau, the Mexican Meteorological Service, and the Mexican Army have for some time been interested in the establishment of a meteorological station on Guadalupe Island off the coast of Lower California and that these agencies of the United States and Mexican Governments consider this location to be a very important one from a meteorological standpoint with reference to the civilian and military interests of the two countries. In view of the joint interests of the United States Weather Bureau, the Mexican Meteorological Service, and the Mexican Army in the establishment of such a station on a cooperative basis, the United States Weather Bureau has approached [Not printed.] 4060