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Memorandumn of Conversation, by Mr. H. Gerald Smith of the
         Division of Commercial Policy and Agreenments

                                [WASHINGTON,] January 15, 1942.
  Se-nor Chavez called to receive an aide-me'rnoire 16 covering a revised
draft of general provisions for the proposed trade agreement with
Peru. The changes incorporated in the new text, which were largely
matters of style, were gone over with Sefior Chavez in detail and the
new draft compared with the earlier draft text handed the Peruvian
Embassy on June 4, 1941.17
  Sefior Chavez indicated that he did not think any of the changes
which had been made in the draft text would cause any difficulty with
his Government . . .
  Senior Chavez raised two points during the discussion of the new
text:
  1) In Article XI, paragraph 2, he suggested that the composition
of the mixed commission might be covered in more specific language,
that is, the number of members to represent each Government, etc.,
although Se-nor Chavez was willing to accept the draft in the form
presented, which merely provided for the establishment of a mixed
commission.
  2) In Article XV, paragraph 3, Sen-or Chavez advanced the sug-
gestion, in order to centralize consideration of all questions arising
between the two Governments in connection with the operation of the
agreement, that the mixed commission provided for under Article
XI might consider various technical questions arising in connection
with sanitary matters, etc., instead of appointing a committee of tech-
nical experts to consider each such question as it arose. Senfor Chavez
felt that the mixed commission would in any case have to call in
technical experts on practically all questions which might arise under
the operation of the agreement and matters of a sanitary, etc., char-
acter might be handled by the mixed commission in the same manner
as more general questions.
  I told Senfor Chavez that I would pass his two suggestions on to the
appropriate officers for consideration.

  16 Not printed.
  17 See aide-memoire to the Peruvian Embassy, June 4, 1941, Foreign Relations,
1941, vol. vII, p. 543.