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1858 Protocol. CONVENTION-AMERICAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ. JAN. 9, 1930. 8. With reference to article 8 of the Council's decision of Decem- ber last, I am to enclose) for the information of the Councilz.8 memorandum dealing with the administration of the Kurdish ctis- tricts in Iraq. I am, &c. LANCELOO' OLIPHANT. PROTOCOL. On the signature this day of the Convention between His Britannic Majesty ana His Majesty the King of Iraq, resx:tively, of the one part, and the President of the United States of erica of the other part, the JlIldersigned Plenipotentiaries, duly authorised thereto, have agreed as follows:- (1.) It is understood b:y the H~h Contracti~ Parties that the term "exercise of industrIes" as employed in article XI of tho Anglo-Iraq Treaty of Alliance signed the 10th October, 1922, covers tlie granting and operation of concessions. (2.) With reference to article 4 of the Convention signed this day, it is understood by the High Contracting Parties that the Iraq Government will not interfere in matters con- cerning the curriculum, such as the time-table, discipline and purely internal administration in schools establiShed or maintained by nationals of the United States of America in I~. (8.) It is understood that upon the entry into force of the Con- vention signed this day and duri~ the period of the special relations existing between His Britannic MajestI and His Majesty the King of Iraq, defined in article I of the said Convention, there will be a. suspension of the capitulatory regime in Iraq so far as the rights of the United States and its nationals are concerned, and that such rights will be exercised in conformity with the decision of the Council of the League of Nations dated the 27th September, 1924. (4.) It is understood that article 8 of the Convention signed this day does not prohibit the Iraq Government from expro- prIating American property for public pu~es under normal expropriation laws of general application, and subject to the previous provision for just and reasonable compensation. The present Protocol shall be deemed an integral part of the Convention signed this day and shall be ratified at the same time as that Convention. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the respective Plen:.potentiaries have signed the present Prot()Col and have affixed thereto their seals. DoNE in triplicate in English and Arabic, of which, in case of divergence, the English text shall prevail, at London, this 9th day of January, 1980. [SEAL] CHABLES G. DAWES [SEAL] ARTHUR HENDERSON rSEAL] JA'FAR EL AsXEBI