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(who will pay such expenses as may be incurred in this respect) and 

 provide the sj)ecial skills, experience and information required to 

 carry out the above terms of reference. The Committee should have 

 the smallest number of members effectively to perform its functions. 

 Advisors or observers to the Committee may be paid by Governments 

 or serve without salary or expense allowance. The United States and 

 Canadian sections of the Committee shall each designate a Chairman 

 of its section. The Chairmen of the two sections shall be Joint Chair- 

 men of the Committee and shall be responsible for providing proper 

 liaison between the Committee and their respective authorities. The 

 Chairmen will keep their respective section members informed of 

 plans, activities and progress. Each Chairman after consulting the 

 members of his own section of the Committee may appoint a Secretary 

 of that section. 



Ill Upon the completion of its efforts with regard to the co-ordina- 

 tion of water quality planning in the St. John River Basin, the Com- 

 mittee shall provide a report on its progress and activities for the 

 Commission. If the Committee has not completed its work within 

 one year of the date of this Exchange of Notes, it shall in that event 

 provide an interim progress report for the Commission by Septem- 

 ber 30, 1973, and to the extent necessary, annually thereafter. The 

 Committee shall also provide the Commission with copies of the 

 proceedings of its regular meetings. 



The Committee shall also provide a report on its progress and activ- 

 ities for the Governments of Canada and the United States as pilot 

 and co-pilot of the Inland Water Pollution Project of the North At- 

 lantic Treaty Organization's Committee on the Challenges of Modern 

 Society, prior to September 30, 1973, and to the extent necessary, an- 

 nually thereafter. 



Tlie American Airibassador to the Canadian Secretary of State for 



Exteimal Affairs 



EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 0TTAW\\, CANADA 



No. 176 September 21, 1972 



Sir: 



I have the honor to refer to your Note No. GWU 310, of Septem- 

 ber 21, 1972, with attached Annex, proposing the establishment of a 

 Canada-United States Committee on water quality in the St. John 

 River and its tributary rivers and streams which cross the Canada- 

 United States boundary. The proposal meets with the approval of my 

 Government, and I have the honor to confirm that your Note, together 

 with its Annex, and this reply, shall constitute an agreement between 

 our Governments w^hich shall enter into force on the day of this reply. 

 Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. 



Adolph W. Schmidt 

 The Honorable 



Mitchell Sharp, P.C., 



Secretary of State for External AJfairs, 

 Ottawa. 



