be extended by the Export-Import Bank of Washington to the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti, and will bear the unconditional guarantee of the Government of the Republic of Haiti. With respect to your reference to Article VII, paragraph 2 of the Executive Agreement of September 13, 1941 between the United States and Haiti, I take pleasure in informing you that the Government of the United States is agreeable to this transaction and to the increase in the public debt of the Republic of Haiti by the amount and in the manner indicated. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. CORDELL HULL The Honorable FERNAND DENNIS, Minister of Haiti. October 5 and 9, 1942 and November 10, 1941 [E. A. S. 291] Agreement between the United States of America and Canada respecting the temporary raising of level of Lake St. Francis during low-water periods. Effected by exchange of notes signed at Washington October 5 and 9, 1942. And exchange of notes signed at Washington November 10, 1941. No. 653 SIR, The Canadian Minister to the Secretary of State CANADIAN LEGATION WASHINGTON OCTOBER 5, 1942 I have the honour, on the instructions of my Government, to refer to the exchange of notes of November 10th 1941, ['] whereby the Government of the United States of America agreed to a temporary raising of the levels of Lake St. Francis during low water periods for the reasons and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the Notes. The circumstances which led the Government of the United States to agree to the temporary raising of the levels of Lake St. Francis have continued and, in view of the importance to both Canada and the United States of America of the conservation of the power supply in this area, the Canadian Government proposes that the arrangements set forth in the exchange of Notes should be continued until October 1, 1943. The arrangements as continued would, of course, be subject to all of the conditions and limitations as contained in the exchange of Notes of November 10, 1941. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration. The Honourable CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States, The Secretary of State to the Canadian Minister DEPARTMENT OF STATE SIR: WASHINGTON I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of October 5, 1942 concerning the arrangements effected through an exchange of notes on November 10, 1941 with respect to a temporary raising of 1[Post, p. 1833.] Nov. 10, 1941 the levels of Lake St. Francis during low water periods and to inform you that this Government is agreeable to your Government's proposal that these arrangements should be continued until October 1, 1943 subject, of course, to all of the conditions and limitations contained in the Notes exchanged on November 10, 1941. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: I have the honour, on the instructions of my Government, to enquire whether the Government of the United States would agree to a temporary raising of the level of Lake St. Francis during low water periods, for the reasons and in the circumstances hereinafter set out: 1. The Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company has for some years, under the authority of the Parliament and Government of Canada, diverted water from Lake St. Francis for the development of hydro-electric power. 2. In order to conserve the supply of power in the lower St. Lawrence, which is needed to continue the existing export of power for aluminum production at Massena, New York, the Company have asked the Canadian Government for authority to maintain the level of Lake St. Francis at 152.0 during low water periods, subject to the maintenance of the normal regimen of the Lake for levels above that elevation. 3. During these periods the water level of the Lake has fallen to 150.0 and may even fall to a lower level, whereas the mean level of the Lake is 151.7 and the normal high water 154.0. Extreme high water may go to above elevation 155.75. 4. To provide for the maintenance of the Lake level, the Company is presently installing a temporary dam to partially close the existing gap at the head of the Coteau Rapids, and have in contemplation for next season the construction of a permanent dam to close the gap completely, but this will not assure their output during low water periods unless they are permitted to maintain the Lake level at 152.0 as above. The regulation of the level of the Lake to 152.0 will not only be of benefit to the Beauharnois output in this vital period but will assure continuous 14 ft. depth 65714-43-PT. II- -47 for navigation in the Cornwall Canal, and may maintain more satisfactory shore conditions during low water periods. 5. The proposal would result in an increase, in low water periods, in the natural levels on the United States side of the St. Lawrence River near the head of Lake St. Francis. In view of the importance to both Canada and the United States of America of the conservation of the power supply in this area, the Canadian Government proposes that both Governments should agree to permit the maintenance of the level of Lake St. Francis at 152.0 during low water periods, subject to the maintenance of the normal regimen of the Lake for levels above that elevation. The proposed agreement would expire on October 1st, 1942. If the foregoing is acceptable to your Government, this note and your reply thereto shall be regarded as constituting a special agreement between the two Governments within the meaning of Article 4 of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. ['] I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the United States concurs in the proposals contained in your note of November 10 regarding the temporary raising of the level of Lake St. Francis during low water periods. The Government of the United States attaches importance to the understanding that this agreement authorizing the raising of the level of Lake St. Francis is temporary, and that this action shall not be deemed to create any vested or other right calling for or implying an extension of the authority to raise the level of Lake St. Francis beyond October 1, 1942. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: The Honorable LEIGHTON MCCARTHY, K.C., Minister of Canada. 1 [Treaty Series 548; 36 Stat. 2448 A. A. BERLE, Jr: Agreement between the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Iran respecting food supply for Iran. Signed at Tehran December 4, 1942. December 4, 1942 [E. A. 8. 292] FOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE IMPERIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT The Government of the United States, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Imperial Iranian Government: Considering that the responsibility of feeding the people of Iran rests primarily on the Imperial Iranian Government, but that it is desirable, inasmuch as war conditions may bring economic distress to the people of Iran and inasmuch as it is the general policy of the Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom to safeguard the economic existence of the peoples of the Middle East against such distress, to take all possible steps to ensure the supply of cereals (wheat together with barley, rice and other adulterants) for the bread supply of the people of Iran until the gathering of the harvest in 1943, and Having regard to the undertaking given by the Imperial Iranian Government to carry out: (a) All measures recommended by the United States Adviser to the Ministry of Food, including measures to prevent hoarding and the introduction of rationing of foodstuffs, and (b) All recommendations of the Road Transport Committee which are certified to be essential for the regulation of the means of road transport in Iran by the majority vote of the following three members of that Committee, namely, the Chairman appointed by the Imperial Iranian Government, and the members designated by the United States and British Ministers at Tehran respectively, Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I. If the Iranian Minister of Food, with the concurrence of the United States Adviser, and the United States and British Ministers at Tehran decide, by a majority vote, that they are satisfied that all practicable Supplies of cereals. |