62 STAT.] MEXICO-HEALTH AND SANITATION PROGRAM-DEC. 8 , 1943 a dependency of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, contribute an additional sum not to exceed $2,500,000 to be expended over a period of five years, beginning January 1, 1944, and that the Government of Mexico agree to use its best efforts to con- tribute a sum not to exceed $2,500,000 to be combined with these funds contributed by the Institute of Inter-American Affairs and expended over the same period of time for the cooperative program of public health and sanitation in Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement reached by the exchange of notes Allocaton- above referred to, the Institute of Inter-American Affairs agreed to contribute $2,500,000 for a cooperative program of public health and sanitation in Mexico, and it is now proposed that this original amount of $2,500,000 which the Institute of Inter-American Affairs has pre- viously agreed to contribute, be allocated on an annual basis through agreement between the Representative of the Institute of Inter- American Affairs in Mexico and the Minister of Public Health and Public Welfare of Mexico. This amount would be so apportioned that of the original $2,500,000 available, $700,000 would be allocated for use in 1943-1944; $600,000 for the year 1945; $500,000 for the year 1946; $400,000 for the year 1947; and $300,000 for the year 1948. This, it will be noted, would cover the sum the Institute of Inter-American Affairs agreed to contribute in the exchange of letters between the Jefe del Departamento de Salubridad de Mexico and the Representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs under date of July 2, 1943. In order to provide for the allocation and expenditure of the addi- tional sum of not to exceed $2,500,000 which the Institute of Inter- American Affairs, a dependency of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, is now prepared to contribute for the purposes outlined above, and the like sum which the Government of Mexico agrees to use its best efforts to contribute during the same period, the sum of not to exceed $2,500,000 contributed by the Institute of Inter- American Affairs would be apportioned at the rate of $500,000 each year for the five years beginning January 1, 1944. The Government of Mexico will take all the necessary measures to endeavor to con- tribute an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 which will be apportioned at the rate of $300,000 during the year 1944; $400,000 in 1945; $500,000 in 1946; $600,000 in 1947; and $700,000 in 1948. Through this arrangement the total amount to be expended each year for the cooperative program of health and sanitation would be $1,500,000, considering the remainder of 1943-1944 as one year. It is proposed for the consideration of Your Excellency that the terms of the original agreement respecting details, as expressed in the exchange of letters between the Jefe del Departamento de Salu- bridad Publica de Mexico and the Representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs dated July 2, 1943 will remain in effect and in full force with regard to the expenditure of any and all funds con- tributed by the Government of Mexico and the Institute of Inter- American Affairs for the cooperative program of health and sanita- tion to the end of the year 1948-the period during which the total 3979
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