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ed States of America and all other persons subject to the jurisdic- 

 tion thereof. 



In testimont whereof, I have hereunder set my hand and caused 



the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington this twenty-third day of March 



in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty 



[seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America 



the one hundred seventy-fourth. 



HAERY S TRUMAN 

 By the President : 

 Dean Acheson 



Secretary of State 



Translation 



EMBASSY OF OOSTA KICA 



WASHINGTON 



No. 1579 



March 3, 1950. 

 Excellency : 



I have the honor to refer to the Convention between the Republic 

 of Costa Rica and the United States of America for the Establish- 

 ment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, signed at 

 Washington, D. C, on May 31, 1949, which entered into force this 

 day, and to inform Your Excellency of the desire of my Government 

 to place on record the understanding of our two Governments with 

 respect to the manner in which certain provisions of that Convention 

 shall be applied. Accordingly, I take pleasure in informing you that, 

 without prejudice to the provisions and purposes of the Convention 

 under reference, the understanding of my Government in regard to 

 this matter is that which I set forth to you as follows. 



With respect to Article I, paragraph 3, of the Convention, which 

 establishes the proportion of joint expenses to be paid by each High 

 Contracting Party, it is understood that "the proportion of the total 

 catch from the fisheries covered by this Convention utilized by, that 

 High Contracting Party" shall be the part of the total catch which is 

 used for domestic consumption in the territory of that High Con- 

 tracting Party or is the object of commercial transactions the financial 

 benefits of which accrue entirely or in their major portion to indi- 

 viduals or firms whose proprietors or stockholders are domiciled in 

 the territory of that High Contracting Party. 



With respect to Article II, paragraph 4, of the Convention, it is 

 understood that the Inter- American Tropical Tuna Commission is 

 authorized to engage in fishing and other activities for scientific re- 

 search exclusively and that no commercial ventures by the Commis- 

 sion are contemplated. 



It is further understood that, notwithstanding the specific powers 

 conferred upon the Commission, nothing in the Convention shall be 

 interpreted as a relinquishment of or a limitation upon the sover- 

 eignty of a High Contracting Party over waters under its juris- 

 diction. 



My Government also desires to state that it recognizes as the 

 authentic Spanish text of the Convention that contained in the Con- 

 vention as signed, but at the same time recognizes that certain of its 



