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provisions might have been worded more clearly in the following 

 form: 



Article I, paragraph 1. 



"The High Contracting Parties agree to establish and maintain a 

 Joint Commission to be known as the Inter- American Tropical Tuna 

 Commission, which will hereinafter be called the Commission, which 

 shall carry into effect the objectives of this Convention. The Com- 

 mission shall be made up of national sections, each of which shall 

 include from one to four members appointed by the Governments of 

 the respective High Contracting Parties." 



Article I, paragraph 3. 



"Each of the High Contracting Parties shall determine and pay 

 the expenses incurred by its respective section. The joint expenses 

 incurred by the Commission shall be covered by the High Contracting 

 Parties through contributions in such form and proportion as the 

 Commission may recommend and the High Contracting Parties may 

 approve. The proportion of the joint expenses to be paid by each of 

 the High Contracting Parties shall be in relation to the proportion of 

 the total catch from the fisheries covered by this Convention utilized 

 by that High Contracting Party." 



Article I, paragraph 8. 



"Each national section shall have the right to one vote. The 

 decisions, resolutions, recommendations and publications of the Com- 

 mission must be approved by a unanimous vote. 



Article IV. 



"Nothing in the Convention shall be interpreted as changing any 

 existing treaty or convention relating to the fisheries of the Eastern 

 Pacific previously signed by one of the High Contracting Parties, 

 nor as preventing a High Contracting Party from entering into 

 treaties or conventions with other States relating to such fisheries, 

 provided their terms are not incompatible with this Convention." 



I avail myself of this opportunity to express to Your Excellency 

 my highest consideration. 



Mario Echandi 

 His Excellency 



Dean Acheson, 



Secretary of State^ 



Washington^ D.G. 



The Secretary of State to the Costa Rican Appointed Arnbassador 



Department of State 



Washington 

 March 3, 1960 

 Excellency : 



I have the honor to refer to your note No. 1579 of March 3, 1950 

 regarding the Convention between the United States of America and 

 the Republic of Costa Rica for the Establishment of an Inter- Ameri- 

 can Tropical Tuna Commission, signed at Washington May 31, 1949, 



