57 STAT.] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-SURPLUS FOOD PRODUCTS-JUNE 10, 1943 May 20, 1943. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 1. Representatives of the Governments of the United States and of the Dominican Republic have discussed the program of the Domini- can Government for agricultural diversification and the supplying of foodstuffs for distribution where needed in other areas of the Caribbean and elsewhere. 2. To aid in this objective the Government of the United States, Rice. through its agency, the Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee, agrees to purchase from this date until July 1, 1945 the entire export- able surplus of rice grown in the Dominican Republic upon the follow- ing basis: Commodity Credit Corporation will pay $7.90, United States currency, per hundred pounds for milled rice, f.a .s . vessel, or warehouse designated by Commodity Credit Corporation, official shipped weight final at Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata, Sanchez, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, or Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Re- public. The port of delivery shall be the one designated by Commod- ity Credit Corporation. The rice shall be delivered in sound usable bags, the cost of which is included in the price. Rice will be accepted, subject to inspection by an approved representative of Commodity Credit Corporation, which is of a quality equal to or better than the requirements for Grade No. 5 (Classes I to VII), as defined in the official Milled Rice Standards of the United States, effective May 15, 1942. The rice shall be reasonably well milled and may be dark gray or rosy in color. Requirements for Grade U.S. No. 5 milled rice (classes I to VII) follow: The number of cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 500 grams shall not exceed a total of 25, of which there shall be not more than 15 heat-damaged kernels and seeds (singly or com- bined). The quantity of red rice and damaged kernels other than heat-damaged (singly or combined) shall not exceed 6 per cent. The quantity of chalky kernels shall not exceed 6 per cent. The quantity of broken kernels shall not exceed a total of 35 per cent of which there shall be not more than 1 per cent through No. 6 sieve. If a mixture of other classes exceeds 10 per cent the rice is classified and graded as mixed rice. 3. The Government of the United States, through its agency the Corn. Commodity Credit Corporation or its nominee, agrees to purchase from July 1, 1943 to July 1, 1945 the entire exportable surplus of corn grown in the Dominican Republic upon the following basis: Commodity Credit Corporation will pay $2.00, United States currency, per hundred pounds, for shelled corn, f.a.s. vessel, or warehouse desig- nated by Commodity Credit Corporation, official shipped weight final at Monte Cristi, Puerto Plata, Sanchez, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, or Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic. The port of delivery shall be the one designated by Commodity Credit Corpora- tion. The corn shall be delivered in sound usable bags, the cost of which is included in the price. Shelled corn will be accepted, subject to inspection by an approved representative of Commodity Credit Corporation, which is sound, merchantable, and not sour, musty, 1143
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