INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNTrED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WEREAs, pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by section
350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 of the Congress of the United States
of America, as amended by the act of June 12, 1934 (48 Stat. 943;
19 u.l
. c., Supp. U.S .C., 1940 ed., title 19, sec. 1351(a)), the period within which such
authority may be exercised having been extended by joint resolutions
of Congress approved March 1, 1937 and April 12, 1940 (48 Stat. 944;
i19u. . C ., Spp. 50 Stat. 24; 54 Stat. 107; U.S.C., 1940 ed., title 19, sec. 1352(c)), I
entered into a trade agreement, including two schedules annexed
thereto, on April 8, 1943, through my duly empowered Plenipoten-
tiary, with His Imperial Majesty the Shah-in-Shah of Iran, through
his duly empowered Plenipotentiary, which agreement was supple-
mented by an exchange of notes between the Secretary of State of
the United States of America and the Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Iran at Washington;
WHEREAS, by my proclamation of March 31, 1944, I did proclaim the
said trade agreement, including the said schedules and notes, to the
end that the same and every part thereof should be observed and ful-
filled with good faith by the United States of America and all persons
subject to the jurisdiction thereof on and after the thirtieth day
following the exchange of the said proclamation and the instrument
Ante, p. 13.
of ratification of Iran as provided for in Article XIV of the agree-
ment;
AND WHEREAS, the said proclamation and the said instrument of
ratification were duly exchanged in Washington on May 29, 1944;
Now, T'1F.REFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, supplementing my said proc-
lamation of March 31, 1944, do hereby proclaim that the said trade
agreement, including the said schedules and notes, will enter into
Effective date.
force on June 28, 1944, the thirtieth day following May 29, 1944,
the day of the exchange of the said proclamation of the President
of the United States of America and the said instrument of ratifica-
tion of Iran.
IN TEsTIMONy WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE in Washington this twenty-ninth day of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-four, and of
[sEaL] the Independence of the United States of America the
one hundred sixty-eighth.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
By the President:
CORDED HULL
Secretary of State
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