Subject Partial revision of the radio regulations, Geneva, 1959, final acts of the EARC United States-United Nations agreement regarding headquarters of the United Uunited States-Canada agreement relating to presunrise operation of certain Partial revision of the radio regulations, 1959, Final acts of the WARC to deal with matters relating to the martime mobile service. Signed at Geneva Nov. 3, 1967. Entered into force Apr. 1, 1969. United States-Canada agreement relating to presunrise operation of certain standard (AM) radio broadcasting stations amending the agreement of Mar. 31 and June 12, 1967 (TIAS 6268). Effected by exchange of notes at Ottawa Apr. 18, 1968, and Jan. 31, 1969. Entered into force Jan. 31, 1969. United States-United Nations agreement regarding headquarters of the United Nations supplementing the agreement of June 26, 1947, as Supplemented (TIAS 1676, 5961, 6176). Signed at New York Aug. 28, 1969. Entered into force Aug. 28, 1969. United States-Canada agreement relating to the operation of radiotelephone stations. Signed at Ottawa Nov. 19, 1969. Entered into force July 24, 1970. United States-Mexico agreement concering radio broadcasting in the standard band (535-1605 kHz), with annexes. Signed at Mexico Dec. 11, 1968. Entered into force Nov. 18, 1970. United States-Mexico agreement concerning the operation of broadcasting stations in the standard broadcast band (535-1605 kHz) during a limited period prior to sunrise ("Pre-Sunrise'') and after sunset ("Post-Sunset"), with annexes. Signed at Mexico Dec. 11, 1968. Entered into force Nov. 18, 1970. (b) The applicable agreements in force between the United States and another country relating to the reciprocal granting of authorizations to permit licensed amateur radio operators of either country to operate their stations in the other country are as follows: Subject United States-Costa Rica agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators Effected by exchange of notes at San Jose Aug. 17 and 24, 1964. Entered into force Aug. 24, 1964. United States-Dominican Republic agreement regarding alien amateur radio United States-Bolivia agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Ecuador agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Portugal agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Belgium agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Australia agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. US-Peru agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by ex- United States-Luxembourg agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at Luxembourg July 7 and 29, 1965. Entered into force July 29, 1965. United States-Sierra Leone agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at Freetown Aug. 14 and 16, 1965. Entered into force Aug. 16, 1965. United States-Colombia agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at Bogota Oct. 19 and 28, 1965. Entered into force. Nov. 28, 1965. Subject United States-United Kingdom agreement regarding alien amateur radio opera- United States-Paraguay agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-France agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Ef- United States-India agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at New Delhi May 16 and 25, 1966. Entered into force May 25, 1966. United States-Israel agreement regarding alien amatuer radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at Washington June 15, 1966. Entered into force June 15, 1966. United States-Netherlands agreement regarding alien amatuer radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at The Hague June 22, 1966. Entered into force Dec. 21, 1966. United States-Federal Republic of Germany arrangement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at Bonn June 23 and 30, 1966. Entered into force June 30, 1966. United States-Kuwait agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at Kuwait July 19 and 24, 1966. Entered into force July 19, 1966. United States-Nicaragua agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Panama agreement regarding alien amatuer radio operators. United States-Honduras Agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators United States-Switzerland agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Trinidad and Tobago agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Effected by exchange of notes at St. Ann's and Port of Spain Jan. 14 and Mar. 16, 1967. Entered into force Mar. 16, 1967. United States-Argentina agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-El Salvador agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Norway agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-New Zealand agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Venezuela agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Austria agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Chile agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Guatemala agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Finland agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Monaco agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Guyana agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators United States-Barbados agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Ireland agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Indonesia agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. Subject United States-Sweden agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-France agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators United States-Jamaica agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Uruguay agreement regarding alien amateur radio operators. United States-Trinidad and Tobago agreement regarding radio communications between amateur stations on behalf of third parties. Effected by exchange of notes at Port-of-Spain Nov. 18, 1971. Entered into force Dec. 18, 1971. According to the Commission's records the U.S. has Embassy Radio Agreements with the following countries: Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burma, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Roumania, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, USSR, Yugoslavia, and Zaire.1c Note: The agreements with the countries of Guinea (TIAS 5365) and Israel (TIAS 5367) were formalized under the "Treaties and Other International Acts Series". Hon. SAM J. ERVIN, JR., FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION, Chairman, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I wish to acknowledge your letter of March 30, 1972, in which you inquired about the negotiation of executive agreements which this Commission might have participated in since the end of World War II. The only agreement falling in this category is the agreement between the United States of America and Brazil, dealing with "Consultations on Maritime Transportation", which was effected by an Exchange of Notes signed in Rio de Janeiro on September 18 and 20, 1968. This agreement was the result of meetings between shipping officials of this Government and of the Government of Brazil to discuss international shipping policies and the regulation of international shipping. The above agreement establishes the lines of communication in case either country wishes to consult with the other on the question of shipping policy. This agreement was signed by the Charge d'Affairs ad interim of the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. The only other item which I might bring to your attention, so that there will be no misunderstanding, is an arrangement which was reached between the United States and the governments of the major shipping interests in Europe and Japan on December 15, 1964, which provided for an exchange of information required by the Federal Maritime Commission in its study of maritime freight rates into and out of the United States. This arrangement called for the submission of information required by the Commission in completing its foreign trade studies to assist United States trade and commerce. If I can be of any further assistance to you, please do not hesitate to let me know. Sincerely, HELEN DELICH BENTLEY, Chairman. 80-847-72-38 THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, Hon. SAM J. ERVIN, JR., Chairman, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, Committee on the Judíciary, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR ERVIN: Thank you for your letter of March 30. I am pleased to be able to provide the information you requested. The second paragraph of your letter says that "government agencies routinely enter into executive agreements with foreign states," and it goes on to ask for a list of "all executive agreements, since World War II, in which (my) ... department has parcipated" `and, additionally, the purpose of, and authority for, entering into such agreements. All executive agreements concluded at the diplomatic level, and in which the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, or its predecessor, the Federal Security Agency, have participated, have been published by the Department of State. I understand that the State Department is providing your subcommittee with a compilation of such agreements. As for agreements made by officers of this Department, alone, there are very few. Here is a list of them: 1. Agreement between U.S. Surgeon General and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Poland. 1962 Purpose. To improve the health and well being of the American people through bio-medical and other forms of health-related research funded by foreign currencies generated by PL. 83-480. Authority.-P.L. 83-480-P.L. 86-610. 2. Agreement between U.S. Surgeon General and Ministry of Health and Education, Burma. 1963 Purpose.-Conduct mutually beneficial health research funded by foreign currencies generated by P.L 83-480. Authority.-P.L. 83-480. 3. Memorandum of Understanding: DHEW and Department of National Health and Welfare of Canada, 1969. Purpose.-To plan for post-attack exchange of health manpower. 4. Agreement between National Cancer Institute, NIH, and Ministry of the Navy, Peru. 1972 Purpose.-Conduct mutually beneficial cancer research. 5. Under the authority of P.L. 83-480 and P.L. 86-610 and of a delegation of authority from the Office of Management and Budget, the constituent agencies of HEW frequently sign agreements (often contracts) with ministries of foreign governments to implement research projects in this Department's areas of interest. Each such agreement covers only a particular, individual research or research and demonstration project, and such agreements are of a narrow, and not a broad programmatic, nature. There have been hundreds of these over the years and hundreds of such agreements remain current. I shall not burden you with a detailed listing of them. Additionally, an HEW officer on one occasion signed an agreement with an institution of a foreign government under the rubric of an executive agreement made at the diplomatic level. In this instance, I, as Secretary, exchanged letters with the Soviet Minister of Health in February, 1972, establishing a program in joint health research. This exchange of letters took place within the framework of the biennial U.S.-U.S.S.R. Cultural Exchange Agreement. I trust this information will prove useful to you and the subcommittee. Sincerely, ELLIOT L. RICHARDSON, Secretary. THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Hon. SAM J. ERVIN, JR., DEAR SENATOR ERVIN: Enclosed is a copy of the HUD portion of the June, 1971 Committee print on Study of International Housing, Reports from US Agencies and International Organizations, prepared for the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. This document contains the information requrested in your letter. Legislative authority for HUD's international program activities is cited on page 49. The material dealing with our bilateral program begins on page 14, with page 16 showing a "HUD Bilateral Program Summary" as of April, 1971. Since the publication of the Committee print, HUD has entered into an exchange of memoranda of understanding with the United Kingdom (July 20, 1971) and Spain (October 28, 1971). Copies of these memoranda are enclosed. Also enclosed is an informal historical outline of HUD's (and its predecessor agencies) international programs since 1944. We have negotiated an agency-to-agency Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadians, to be signed in the near future. We also plan to pursue the possibility of a similar arrangement with our German counterparts, although we have had some minimal relations under the Interior Department sponsored US-German Cooperative Program in Natural Resources, Pollution Control, and Urban Development (UGNR) since 1967. I take this opportunity to emphasize that real involvement in bilateral programs is relatively new for the Department, especially in the context of agency-to-agency arrangements. In a sense we are in an exploratory phase in these relationships, but the experience of other departments, and cur own experience so far, suggests that these procedures are valuable and fruitful in gaining information and experience of benefit to our domestic operations and our research programs. These relationships also provide mechanisms with which tofacilitate direct foreign interest in our programs and they permit us to satisfy American professional interests in foreign programs in a manner supporting the Department's own priorities and responsibilities. It is our belief that we have things to learn in the area of urban development from the experience of other developed countries, and that we should tap and organize this experience and disseminate it to the people in the US who can use it. We believe this method of agency-to-agency exchange and cooperation is the best way to extend our urban knowledge at a modest cost. If you should need additional information, please do not hesitate to let me know. Sincerely, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING GEORGE ROMNEY. This Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the United States and the Department of the Environment of the United Kingdom outlines a program for cooperation in matters concerning the urban environment falling within their competence, such as physical planning, urban management, housing and building technology, and community development. The goal of this program is to achieve the maximum exchange of experience in specified subject areas. The program will include an organized exchange of documents and visits and may be extended as mutually agreed to such other activities as expert consultations, the longterm exchange of scholars and professionals, or joint research projects. In carrying out specific activities under this Memorandum of Understanding, the Department of Housing and Urban Development may invite participation by other U.S. departments and agencies or private groups; the Department of the Environment may similarly invite participation by other agencies and organizations in the United Kingdom. The general subject areas for initial cooperation may include, but are not limited to, community and regional planning, construction technology, housing management and financing, citizen participation, program evaluation techniques, policy and legislation. These general subject areas may be expanded, added to, or modified by mutual agreement. Further discussions and exchange of correspondence will further define these general areas, and it is specifically envisaged that joint projects of mutual interest, when proposed by either side and accepted by the other, will be undertaken. The program will begin with the early exchange of views on the establishment of a mutually acceptable program. This first exchange will further define the interests of each country in the other's specific programs and legislation. |