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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. December 4, 1943, April 19,1944, and June 21,1949 IT. I. A. S. 1961] Post, pp . 2649, 2652. Agreement between the United States of America and Mexico respecting a cooperative program of anthropologicalresearch and investigation in Mexico. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Washington June 21, 1949; entered into force June 21, 1949; operative retroactively from July 1, 1948. And agreement effected by exchange of notes signed at M6xico December 4, 1943, and April 19, 1944; entered into force April 19, 1944. The Acting Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON Jun 21 1949 ExcELtrscTo: I have the honor to refer to the agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States regarding a cooperative program for anthropological research and investigation which was effected by an exchange of notes signed at Mexico, D. F., on December 4, 1943 and April 19, 1944, and to inform Your Excellency that the Government of the United States of America agrees to the continuance of the cooperative program of anthropological research and investiga- tion in Mexico, which shall be carried on by the Smithsonian Institu- tion on behalf of the Government of the United States of America and by the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of the Ministry of Public Education on behalf of the Government of the United Mexican States in accordance with the following principles and procedures: 1. General Provisions. The general objectives of the cooperative program of anthropological research and investigation shall be: (a) to provide university and field training for students in anthropology, ethnology, linguistics, and related fields of scientific investigation; (b) to promote long-range cooperative programs of anthropo- logical field research among the indigenous peoples of Mexico, designed to afford opportunities for student training in field work and to secure significant basic data for an understanding of the rural peoples of the Americas; (c) to assist in coordinating the efforts of collaborating scientists of the United States of America and the United Mexican States in conducting long-range studies in such fields of social science as may be mutually agreed upon, and to solicit the cooperation of such scientists in field work as the need for specialized research may require; 2642