IRAN-RECIPROCAL TRADE-APR. 8 , 1943
"DEPAIrrMENT OF STATE
"WASHINGTON
"Apil 8, 1943.
"Snm:
"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today's
date and to confirm the statement therein set forth concerning the
general policy of the Government of the United States with respect
to the importation of opium.
"My Government is deeply interested in measures designed to
suppress the illicit international traffic in opium. It is, therefore,
gratifying to learn that it is the intention of your Government to
establish at an early date any additional regulations which may be
necessary to confine the trade in opium produced in Iran to legitimate
international channels, including a system of import permits and ex-
port authorizations at least equivalent to that described in the Geneva
drug convention of 1925.
"Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.
"CoRDEU. HULL
"Secretary of State of the
United States of America.
"The Honorable
MOHAMMED SHAYESTEH,
Envoy Extraordinaryand
Minister Plenipotentiaryof Iran."
58 STAT.]
1353
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