1 FAL394 / 86 May 5, 1986 Majuro, Marshall Islands I have the honor to refer to the Agreement of Technical Coopera-tion between the Governments of the Republic of the Marshall Is-lands and the Republic of China signed on August 13, 1979, as a-mended on February 16, 1982, on February 22, 1984, and again on August 27, 1984. During recent discussions relating to the Agreement, the follow-ing understanding was reached : (1) The aforesaid Agreement shall be renewed for another two ye-ars retroactively from February 17, 1986 ; (2) The scope of Article I of the aforesaid Agreement shall be amended to change the reading and intention of the Agreementfrom that of a " farming demonstration team" to an“ experi-mental 'farming team" as applied to the location on Majuro Atoll and, in addition, to establish on Arno Atoll a divisi-on of the experimental farming team manned by two EFT membe-rs, while leaving four members including the team leader on Majuro Atoll ; (3) All other terms and conditions of the aforesaid Agreement s-hall remain un changed. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, I have the honor to state that this Note and your reply confirming the above mentioned understanding shall co-nstitute an Agreement supplemental to the aforesaid Agreeme-nt. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.[Signed] Charles T. Domnick Minister Hen. Wen-hua Tzen Director Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China Ref. No. DEAF 508 / 86 May 27, 1986 Taipei Excellency, I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Note No. FAL 394/ 86 of May 5, 1986, which reads as follows : "I have the honor to refer to the Agreement of Technical Cooperation between the Governments of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Rep-ublic of China signed on August 13, 1979, as amended on February16, 1982, on February 22, 1984, and again on August 27, 1984. During recent discussions relating to the Agreement, the follow-ing understanding was reached : (1) The aforesaid Agreement shall be renewed for another two ye-ars retroactively from February 17, 1986 ; (2) The scope of Article I of the aforesaid Agreement shall be amended to change the reading and intention of the Agreementfrom that of a " farming demonstration team" to an" experim-ental farming team" as applied to the location on Majuro At-oll and, in addition, to establish on Arno Atoll a division of the experimental farming team manned by two EFT members, while leaving four members including the team leader on Maj-uro Atoll ; (3) All other terms and conditions of the aforesaid Agreement s-hall remain unchanged. Republic of the Marshall Islands, I have the honor to state thatthis Note and your reply confirming the above mentioned underst-anding shall constitute an Agreement supplemental to the afores-aid Agreement. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration." His Excellency Charles T. Domnick Minister of Foreign Affairs The Republic of the Marshall IslandsMajuro In reply, I have the honor to accept on behalf of my Government,the understanding of the Government of the Republic of the Mars-hall Islands as stated in Your Excellency's Note quoted above a-nd to confirm that Your Excellency's Note and this Note in replyshall constitute an Agreement between our two Governments on th-is matter to enter into force retroactively from February 17, 1986. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consid-eration. [Signed] Wen-hua Tzen Director Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs On behalf of the Government of the