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56 STAT.] URUGUAY--RECIPROCAL TRADE-JULY 21, 1942 dando entendido que si el Uruguay extendiera tal preferencia a cualquier tercer pais, ella se extenderia inmediata e incondicional- mente a los Estados Unidos; "(2) El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de America no invocari las disposiciones de los Articulos III y IV del Convenio Comercial con el fin de obtener el beneficio de cualesquiera preferencias de cambio o de cuotas que otorgue el Uruguay a paises limitrofes, Bolivia, o Paraguay, sobreentendi6ndose que tales preferencias cesaran cuando hubiere terminado la actual lucha mundial, salvo que los Gobiernos del Uruguay y de los Estados Unidos de America convengan otra cosa, previa recomendaci6n de la Comisi6n Mixta prevista en el paragrafo segundo del Articulo XII del Convenio Comercial. "Quiera aceptar, sefior Embajador, las reiteradas seguridades de mi mas alta consideraci6n. ALBERTO GUANI "A Su Excelencia, el senor WILLIAM DAWSON, EmbajadorExtraordinarioy Plenipotenciariode los ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA." "EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA "Montevideo, July 21, 1942. "EXCELLENCY: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note of today's date with reference to the agreement reached between representatives of the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Uruguay, in connection with the Trade Agreement signed this day, in regard to trade relations between Uruguay and contiguous countries, Bolivia, and Paraguay. "I have the honor to confirm Your Excellency's statement of the agreement reached with reference to this matter. "Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. (Signed) WILLIAM DAWSON "To His Excellency Sr. Dr. DON ALBERTO GUANI, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montevideo." 1679