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                         Editorial Note

  Ceylon was the first government to conclude u standard general
agreement for technical cooperationwith the United States under the
Point IV program, on November 7. 'The agreement was signed at
Colombo by United States Ambassador Joseph C. Satterthwaite and
Sir Kanthiah Vaithiunathan, Permanent Secretary of the Ceylonese
Ministry of External Affairs. For text of the lState Department state-
ment, see Department of State Bulletin, December 18, 1950, pages
975-977. During October-December announcement was made of
specific project planning with Iran, ,Libya, and Paraguay, under
Point IV auspices (see ibid., October 30, 1950, page 703, and Decem-
ber 18, 1950, page 974). The Iranian arrangement ('October 19) was
stated to be "the first comprehensive technical cooperation project
under the new Point 4 Program-an integrated health, agriculture,
and education project for improving living conditions in rural villages
in Iran...". The understanding with Paraguay (December 2)
involved the establishment of the first Joint Commission for Eco-
nomic Development under the Point IV program. The Libyan an-
nouncement (November 24), made simultaneously in Washington and
at the United States consulate general at Tripoli, was of interest by
virtue of the fact that that nation's independence had not yet been
completely effected. In the last days of the year, general assistance
agreements of the type printed above were concluded with Nicaragua
(December 23), Paraguay (December 29), and Panama (December
30); for texts, see United States Treaties and Other International
Agreements (UST), volume I, page 906 (TIAS No. 2168), 2 UST 383
(TIAS No. 2176), and 1 UST 899 (TIAS No. 2167), respectively. An
agreement with Brazil along similar lines was effected by an exchange
of notes between the United States Ambassador and the Brazilian
Foreign Minister, at Rio de Janeiro, on December 19 (2 UST 845
(TIAS No. 2239)).
  Matters of organizational importance occurred in the Point IV
program at the end of the year, in Washington. By Department of
State Announcement 212, October 27, 1950, the Technical Cooperation
Administration (TCA) was established in the Department of State,
and TCD was abolished; for text, see Department of State Bulletin,
November 13, 1950, page 793. On November 14, President Truman
announced the appointment of Dr. Henry Garland Bennett as Ad-
ministrator of TCA (ibid., page 912). Dr. Bennett assumed charge
on December 1.


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