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shall be officers of the United States Foreign Service establishment in New Zealand, shall be appointed and removed by the Chief of Mission; the nationals of New Zealand on the Board shall be appointed and removed by the Government of New Zealand. " The Directors shall serve from the time of their appointment until the succeeding December 31. next following such appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment. Vacancies by reason of resignation, transfer of residence outside New Zealand, expiration of term of service or otherwise, shall be filled in accordance with the appointment procedure set forth in this article. " The Directors shall serve without compensation but the Foundation is authorized to pay the necessary expenses of the Directors in attending the meetings of the Board." If this proposal is acceptable to the Government of New Zealand, the Embassy of the United States of America has the honor to suggest that this note, together with the reply of the Ministry of External Affairs in similar terms, should be regarded as an exchange of diplomatic notes between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of New Zealand amending the existing Agreement in accordance with the terms of Article 15 thereof. The amendment could take effect on the date of the Ministry's reply.

No. 2 Ministry of External Affairs to the Embassy of the United States of America Ministry of External Affairs, Wellington, 9 March, 1949. The Ministry of External Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Embassy's note dated 3 March, 1949, referring to the proposal of the Government of the United States of America that Article 5 of the Agreement dated 14 September, 1948, between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the United States of America