H. INDIA 



1. OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION 



a. Agreement Relating to the International Indian Ocean Expe- 

 dition, September 28, October 5 and 9, 1962* 



Ejfected hy exchange of notes Dated at New Delhi September 28 and 

 October 5 and 9, 1962; Entered into force October 9, 1962; Operative 

 retroactively October 1, 1962. 



The American Embassy to the Ministry of External Affairs of India 



No. 193 



The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compli- 

 ments to the Ministry of External Affairs, and has the honor to refer 

 to the Interational Indian Ocean Expedition, hereinafter referred to 

 as the Expedition, to the decision of the Government of India to 

 establish an International Meteorological Centre at Bombay (as a 

 Division of the Institute of Tropical Meteorology) to serve the Ex- 

 pedition and to the decision of the Government of the United States 

 of America to participate in the Expedition. 



The purpose of the Meteorological portion of the Expedition is to 

 collect extensive meteorological data including those of a type hitherto 

 unavailable over the Indian Ocean area and adjoining lands. With 

 the help of those data, a study will be made of the large-scale atmos- 

 pheric circulation, weather, and the inter-action between ocean and 

 atmosphere over this region. Results are expected to include better 

 understanding of atmospheric processes leading to improved weather 

 forecasting methods and techniques. 



In view of the mutual benefit which it is anticipated would result, 

 the Government of the United States of America wishes to participate 

 with the Government of India in a meteorological program in accord- 

 ance with the following ])rinciples : — 



1. Cooperating Agencies. The cooperating agencies shall be (1) for 

 the Government of the United States of America, the National Science 

 Foundation, hereinafter referred to as the United States Cooperating 

 Agency and (2) for the Government of India, the Indian Meteoro- 

 logical Department, hereinafter referred to as the Indian Cooperating 

 Agency. 



*Citation: 13 UST 3870 ; TIAS 5262. 



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