EC–12. Editorial Note
Ambassador Christian M. Ravndal and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Tobar Zaldumbide exchanged notes at Quito on January 20 and February 11, 1960, constituting an agreement for a five-year loan of two [Typeset Page 545] United States patrol craft (escort vessels) to Ecuador. For the text of the agreement, see 11 UST 241.
On February 24, 1960, at Quito, Ambassador Ravndal and Foreign Minister Tobar signed an Agreement Relating to a Cooperative Program in Ecuador for the Observation and Tracking of Satellites and Space Vehicles. It provided for continuing the operation and maintenance of the satellite tracking station at Paramo de Cotopaxi, known as the Quito Tracking Station Facility. For the text of the agreement, see 11 UST 179.