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63 STAT.] VENEZUELA-HEALTH AND SANITATION-MAR. 4, 9, 1949 Agreement between the United States of America and Venezuela respect- ing a cooperative health and sanitattonprogram in Venezuela, extend- ing and modifying the agreement of February 18, 194S, as extended and modified. Effected by exchange of notes signed at CaracasMarch 4 and 9, 1949; entered into force March 9, 1949, operativeretroactively from June 30, 1948. March 4,9,1949 IT. I. A.1974] The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the Vnezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs AMERICAN EMBASSY, No. 383 Caracas, Venezuela, March 4, 1949 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to the agreement signed February 18, 1949 between the Minister of Health and Social Assistance of the United States of Venezuela and the Chief of the Field Party of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs of the United States of America extending further the Basic Agreement, as amended, between the United States of Venezuela and the United States of America, arising out of the exchange of notes between His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Relations of Venezuela and the Ambassador of the United States of America to Venezuela on February 18, 1943, which provided for the initiation and execution of the existing cooperative health and sanitation program in Venezuela. The text of this agreement follows: "The Ministry of Health and Social Assistance (hereinafter referred to as the 'Ministry') of the Government of the United States of Venezuela (hereinafter referred to as the 'Government'), represented by Dr. Antonio Martin Araujo, Minister of Health and Social Assistance (hereinafter referred to as the 'Minister'), and the Institute of Inter-American Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the 'Institute'), a corporate instrumentality of the Government of the United States of America, represented by its Chief of Field Party, Health and Sanitation Division, James D. Caldwell (herein- after referred to as the 'Chief of Field Party'), have agreed, pursuant to the request of the Government, and in accordance with the exchange of notes dated June 29, 1948 and July 6, 1948 ['] between the Ambassador of the United States of America and His Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, upon the following details for extending for an additional period of one year from June 30, 1948, and modifying in the manner hereinafter set forth, the Agreement between the Ministry and the Institute arising out of the exchange of notes between the American Ambassador and the Minister of Foreign Affairs on February 18, 1943, as subsequently modified Not printed. 8198-52- -T . m---26 57 Stat. 1126; 58 Stat. 1446; 61 Stat., Pt. 3, p. 8271 . Pd, p. 2781. Proposed extension and modificaton. 2695