DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 3317 [Literal print] UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1948 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Cˇ Washington 25, D.C.: Price 5 cents The American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 4488 EXCELLENCY: MEXICO, D. F., November 6, 1945 I have the honor to refer to correspondence between the Embassy and the Ministry in 1943 on the subject of an establishment of several synoptic weather stations in northern Mexico on the basis of a cooperative arrangement between the United States Weather Bureau and the Mexican Meteorological Service. Reference is made particularly to the following communications. The Embassy's note no. 1271 dated May 18, 1943, [] proposing the establishment of a network of nine synoptic stations and informing the Ministry that the United States Government is prepared to provide the necessary equipment for these stations: to the Ministry's note no. 54229 dated June 14, 1943, [] informing the Embassy that the Mexican Government is agreeable to the establishment of nine synoptic stations on the suggested cooperative basis and transmitting a memorandum containing certain information related to the project, as provided by the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and to the Embassy's note no. 1421 dated June 29, 1943, [] informing the Ministry that an official of the United States Weather Bureau has been designated as a technical advisor to consult with officials of the Mexican Government and to complete the necessary arrangements and agreements in connection with the establishment of the nine stations in question. The Embassy was informed several weeks ago by the present representative of Mexico of the United States Weather Bureau to the effect that the Bureau, the Mexican Meteorological Service, and the Mexican Army have for some time been interested in the establishment of a meteorological station on Guadalupe Island off the coast of Lower California and that these agencies of the United States and Mexican Governments consider this location to be a very important one from a meteorological standpoint with reference to the civilian and military interests of the two countries. In view of the joint interests of the United States Weather Bureau, the Mexican Meteorological Service, and the Mexican Army in the establishment of such a station on a cooperative basis, the United States Weather Bureau has approached 1 Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1806. 1 Not printed. the Department of State with a draft of a cooperative arrangement that has been discussed informally and apparently approved by these agencies of the United States and Mexican Governments and the Embassy has been instructed by the Department to formally convey to the Ministry the desire and willingness of the United States Government to effect the establishment of such a program by an exchange of notes between the Embassy and the Ministry. The Embassy has been instructed to suggest for the consideration of the appropriate authorities of the Mexican Government that the agreement include the following obligations on the part of the United States Weather Bureau, the Mexican Meteorological Service, and the Mexican Army. The United States Weather Bureau to provide: 1. Complete set of meteorological equipment and instruments for the purpose of taking synoptic observations. 2. Radio transmitter and receiver for communication of weather data. 3. Gasoline driven motor-generator power supply. 4. Building for living and working quarters of temporary nature. This probably will be a prefabricated structure to permit easy transportation. 5. Provide for instruction of personnel in observational procedures by competent instructor. 6. Provide for technical assistance in connection with installing buildings and meteorological equipment. The Mexican Army, through the Segunda Zona Militar, to provide: 1. Labor crew on the island for the purpose of completing a trail or road to the proposed site, and to accomplish the necessary construction work. 2. Provide means for transportating (sic) building materials and equipment from the boat landing to the proposed site. 3. Provide gasoline and oil and such other supplies as may be needed by Mexican Army personnel assigned to the station. 4. Assign at least two non-commissioned officers to the station for the purpose of taking meteorological observations at specified hours and communicating the messages to the mainland. 5. Permit a United States Navy or Coast Guard boat to transport the equipment and materials required from San Diego, California or if so desired arrange for transportation of said equipment through Mexican facilities. The Mexican Meteorological Service to provide the following: 1. The assignment of a Mexican Meteorological Service Official to accompany the Weather Bureau technician to the island to cooperate in the training of personnel and establishment of the station. 2. Provide for the reception of transmitted radio reports at Hermosillo, Sonora or other point to be designated and arrange for their transmission to Ciudad Juárez, Chih. in time for inclusion with reports from other cooperative international stations. 3. Make the necessary arrangements with the Mexican Army for the assignment of suitable personnel to the station. I have the honor to suggest to Your Excellency that the abovesuggested cooperative agreement if approved by the Government of Mexico be concluded by an exchange of notes between the Embassy and the Ministry consisting of the present communication and the Ministry's reply thereto. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. RAYMOND H. GEIST His Excellency Señor don FRANCISCO CASTILLO NÁJERA, Mexico, D. F. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations to the American Embassy SECRETARIA DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS MEXICO 54287 La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores saluda muy atentamente a la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América, y con nueva referencia a su nota número 4488, del 6 de noviembre de 1945, relativa al proyecto para establecer una estación meteorológica en la isla de Guadalupe, frente a las costas de la Baja California, sobre bases de cooperación, tiene el agrado de manifestarle que la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional y la de Agricultura y Fomento, a las que se consultó su parecer al respecto, han manifestado que convienen en la realización del proyecto de que se trata, pero por lo que se refiere a la segunda de las citadas Dependencias del Ejecutivo, su cooperación quedará regulada de acuerdo con la relación que se anexa a la presente. La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores aprovecha esta oportunidad para reiterar a la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América las seguridades de su más alta y distinguida consideración.['] ANEXO. MÉXICO D. F., a 12 de abril de 1946. 1 This note is signed by a rubric rather than by a name or initials. |