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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. March 10, 1947 IT.I.A.S. 1868] Supplementary agreement between the United States of America and Mexico respecting Mexican agricultural workers. Effected by ex- change of notes signed at Mexico City March 10, 1947; entered into force March 10, 1947. The American Ambassador to the Mexican Secretary of ForeignRelations No. 676 MEXICO, D. F ., March 10, 1947. Agreement respect- ing return to Mexico of Illegal entrants into U.S. U. S. delegation. Mexican delegation. Mexican workers employed in State of Teas. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the supplementary agreement reached by representatives of the United States and Mexican Governments as a result of the conferences held in Mexico City between January 27 and February 4, 1947, on the subject of the return to Mexico of illegal Mexican entrants into the United States, and their possible engage- ment by American employers as agricultural workers in the United States. The document setting forth this supplementary agreement has been duly signed in duplicate originals and is now in possession of the competent authorities of both governments. I am directed to inform Your Excellency that my government approves the above mentioned document which, for the sake of clarity, is quoted below: "In conference in the City of Mexico, Federal District, in the Conference Room of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Messrs. William G. MacLean, representative of the Department of State; Ugo Carusi, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice; Albert del Guercio, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the Dis- trict of Southern California; Maurice L. Stafford, Consul General of the United States of America, in representation of the American Embassy, and Harry F. Brown, observer for the Labor Office of the Department of Agriculture, who form the Delegation of the United States of America; and the members of the "Interdepartmental Com- mission in Charge of Affairs Related to the Emigration of Mexican Workers", created by decree dated January 17, 1947, published in Official Register no. 20, January 24, 1947, Messrs. Licenciado Benito Coquet, ficial Mayor of Gobernaci6n;Doctor Alfonso Guerra, Oficial Mayor of Foreign Relations, and Licenciado J. Jesus Castorena, Oficial Mayor of Labor and Social Welfare, technically advised for this occasion by Messrs. Arcadio Ojeda Garcia, Head of the Depart- ment of Migration; Manuel Aguilar, Director General of the Con- sular Service, and Engineer Jorge Medellin, Head of the Department of General Security and Social Welfare of the Ministry of Labor, who form the Mexican Delegation: FIR 8T: As an annex to the memorandum of this date, the United States Delegation has advised that a considerable number of the 4106