891.6363 Standard Oil/380
The Minister in Persia (Kornfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 15.]
Sir: Referring to my telegram No. 47 of July 3, I have the honor to advise the Department that in a recent conference Prince Firouz, the Reporter of the Parliamentary Oil Commission, informed me that inasmuch as the representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company has interpreted the action of the Commission in substituting Article 29 of the oil bill as passed in June 1924 for Article 25 in the Sinclair contract as additional evidence of Persia’s inability to defend her position with regard to the Sepahsalar concession, the Commission has decided to reconsider its action and to make the article read “the Persian Government declares that no other concession is valid”.
With the exception of five points, the Commission has finished its study of the concession and expects to report out the bill by July 20.
I have [etc.]