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63 STAT.] GUATEMALA-COOPERATIVE EDUCATION- July 2s 19 2841 Aug. 19, 1949 gram, agrees with my Government that an extension of the program for a period of one year beyond June 30, 1949 would be desirable. I also take pleasure in informing Your Excellency that the Min- istry of Public Education, on behalf of the Government of Guatemala, has stated that it agrees that the aforementioned extension be carried out under the following conditions: During the period of extension the Institute of Inter-American Affairs would make a contribution of $30,000, in the currency of the United States, to the Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Educa- ci6n, for use in carrying out project activities of the program, on condition that the Government of Guatemala would contribute to the Servicio for the same purpose the sum of Q120,000. The Institute would also be willing during the same extension period to make avail- able funds in an amount not to exceed $90,000 to be administered by the Institute, and not deposited to the account of the Servicio, for payment of salaries and other expenses of the members of the Educa- tion Division field staff who are maintained by the Institute in Guate- mala. The amounts referred to would be in addition to the sums already required under the present basic agreement, as amended, to be contributed by the parties in furtherance of the program. It is furthermore understood that the present note and Your Excel- lency's courteous note No. 105, dated July 28, 1949, constitute an agreement between the Government of Guatemala and the Govern- ment of the United States for the extension of the cooperative educa- tional program for one year, from June 30, 1949, which shall come into force on the date of signature of an agreement by the Minister of Public Education and a representative of the Institute of Inter- American Affairs, embodying the above-mentioned technical details. I take pleasure in expressing to the Government of the United States, through Your Excellency, my Government's gratitude for this important cooperation in the educational field. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. E. MUNoz MEANY. His Excellency RICHARD C. PATrERSON, JR., Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States, City.