ARTICLE 18. The Government of Ecuador shall provide suitable office space and facilities for the use of the members of the Mission.

ARTICLE 19. If any member of the Mission should die while he is serving under the terms of this Agreement, all compensation due the deceased. member, including salary for the fifteen (15) days following his death, and reimbursement due the deceased member for expenses and transportation on trips made on official business of the Government of Ecuador, shall be paid to the widow of the deceased member or to any other person who may have been designated in writing by the deceased; but the widow or other person shall not be compensated for accrued leave due but not taken by the deceased. All compensations due the widow or other person designated by the deceased, under the provisions of this Article, shall be paid within fifteen (15) days after the death of the member.

TITLE V

Requisites and Conditions

ARTICLE 20. So long as this Agreement, or any extension thereof, is in effect, the Government of Ecuador shall not engage the services of any personnel of any other foreign government for duties of any nature connected with the Ecuadoran Air Force, except by mutual agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of Ecuador.

ARTICLE 21. Each member of the Mission shall agree not to divulge or in any way disclose to any foreign government or to any person whatsoever any secret or confidential matter of which he may become cognizant in his capacity as a member of the Mission. This requirement shall continue in force after the termination of service with the Mission and after the expiration or cancellation of this Agreement or any extension thereof. ARTICLE 22. Throughout this Agreement the term "family" is limited to mean wife and dependent children.

ARTICLE 23. Each member of the Mission shall be entitled to one month's annual leave with pay, or to a proportional part thereof with pay for any fractional part of a year. Unused portion of said leave shall be cumulative from year to year during service as a member of the Mission.

ARTICLE 24. The leave specified in the preceding Article may be spent in Ecuador, in the United States or in other countries, but the expenses of travel and transportation not otherwise provided for in this Agreement shall be borne by the member of the Mission taking such leave. All travel time, including sea travel, shall count as leave and shall not be in addition to the time authorized in the preceding Article.

ARTICLE 25. The Government of Ecuador agrees to grant the leave specified in Article 23 upon receipt of written application, approved by the Chief of the Mission with due consideration for the convenience of the Government of Ecuador.

ARTICLE 26. Members of the Mission that may be replaced shall terminate their services on the Mission only upon the arrival of their replacements, except when otherwise mutually agreed upon in advance by the respective Governments.

ARTICLE 27. The Government of Ecuador shall provide suitable medical attention to members of the Mission and their families. In case a member of the Mission becomes ill or suffers injury, he shall, at the discretion of the Chief of the Mission, be placed in such hospital as the Chief of the Mission deems suitable, after consultation with the Ecuadoran Air Force authorities, and all expenses incurred as the result of such illness or injury while the patient is a member of the Mission and remains in Ecuador shall be paid by the Government of Ecuador. If the hospitalized member is a commissioned officer he shall pay his cost of subsistence, but if he is an enlisted man the cost of subsistence shall be paid by the Government of Ecuador. Families shall enjoy the same privileges agreed upon in this Article for members of the Mission, except that a member of the Mission shall in all cases pay the cost of subsistence incident to hospitalization of a member of his family, except as may be provided under Article 10.

ARTICLE 28. Any member of the Mission unable to perform his duties with the Mission by reason of long continued physical disability shall be replaced.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Colón Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador, duly authorized thereto, have signed this Agreement in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages, at Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, this twelfth day of December 1940.

NAVAL MISSION

Agreement signed at Washington April 30, 1941, modifying agreement

of December 12, 1940

Entered into force April 30, 1941

55 Stat. 1263; Executive Agreement Series 206

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO THE Agreement of December 12, 1940 PROVIDING FOR THE DETAIL OF A UNITED STATES NAVAL MISSION TO ECUADOR The Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador at Washington hereby agree to the addition of the following article to the Agreement signed by them on December 12, 19401 providing for the detail of a United States Naval Mission to the Republic of Ecuador. This additional article shall be considered to be an integral part of the Agreement signed on December 12, 1940, as fully and completely as if it had been included in that Agreement, and as such integral part shall be subject to the provisions in regard to duration and termination concurrently with the other Articles of the Agreement.

Additional Article. Each member of the Mission and each dependent member of his family shall be provided with first-class accommodations for travel required and performed under this agreement by the shortest usually traveled sea route between the port of embarkation in the United States of America and his official residence in Ecuador, and from his official residence in Ecuador to the port of debarkation in the United States of America. Each member of the Mission shall be reimbursed for the expenses of shipment of his household effects, baggage and automobile; such reimbursement shall include all necessary expenses incident to unloading from the steamer upon arrival in Ecuador, cartage between the ship and the residence in Ecuador, and packing and loading on board the steamer upon departure from Ecuador. The cost of this transportation for members of the Mission, dependent members of their families, their household effects, baggage and automobile shall be borne by the Government of the United States of America. The transportation of such household effects, baggage and automobile shall be made in a single shipment and all subsequent shipments shall be at the expense of the respective members of the Mission except when the result of

circumstances beyond their control. The provisions of this Article shall likewise apply to officers and enlisted men who are subsequently detailed to Ecuador for temporary duty, as additional personnel, or replacements for members of the Mission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Colón Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador at Washington, duly authorized thereto, have signed this Agreement in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages, at Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, this thirtieth day of April 1941.

MILITARY AVIATION MISSION

Agreement signed at Washington, April 30, 1941, modifying agreement of December 12, 1940

Entered into force April 30, 1941

55 Stat. 1265; Executive Agreement Series 207

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE to the Agreement of DECEMBER 12, 1940 PROVIDING FOR THE Detail of a UNITED STATES MILITARY AVIATION MISSION TO ECUADOR

The Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador at Washington hereby agree to the addition of the following article to the Agreement signed by them on December 12, 19401 providing for the detail of a United States Military Aviation Mission to the Republic of Ecuador. This additional article shall continue in effect until the termination of the Agreement to which it is an addition.

Additional Article. Each member of the Mission and each dependent member of his family shall be provided with first-class accommodations for travel required and performed under this Agreement by the shortest usually traveled sea route between the port of embarkation in the United States of America and his official residence in Ecuador, and from his official residence in Ecuador to the port of debarkation in the United States of America. Each member of the Mission shall be reimbursed for the expenses of shipment of his household effects, baggage and automobile; such reimbursement shall include all necessary expenses incident to unloading from the steamer upon arrival in Ecuador, cartage between the ship and the residence in Ecuador, and packing and loading on board the steamer upon departure from Ecuador. The cost of this transportation for members of the Mission, dependent members of their families, their household effects, baggage and automobile shall be borne by the Government of the United States of America. The transportation of such household effects, baggage and automobile shall be made in a single shipment and all subsequent shipments shall be at the expense of the respective members of the Mission except when the result of circumstances beyond their control. The provisions of this Article shall likewise apply to officers and enlisted men who are subsequently detailed to Ecuador for temporary duty, as additional personnel, or replacements for members of the Mission.

1EAS 189, ante, p. 354.