791.003/110: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Persia (Philip)
[Paraphrase]
Washington, May 3, 1928—7
p.m.
37. Your 44, May 2, 8 p.m.
- (1)
- The Department is prepared to accept the unfavorable views formed by you and your colleagues regarding (a) maintaining the statics quo respecting exercise of penal jurisdiction following May 10 and (b) joint representations to Persia.
- (2)
- Meanwhile, you should cooperate with your colleagues for the purpose of enlarging the scope, as far as possible, of the safeguards which the Persian Government is to set forth in the official note it is proposing to address to the interested Legations. See Department’s 35, April 25, 6 p.m., paragraph (2). You will carefully see that the note’s phraseology does not preclude handling by consuls after May 10 of matters affecting the personal status and family law of their own nationals. See your 39, April 13, 8 p.m., paragraph (2).
- (3)
- Of course, the Department has no objection to your discussion with the proper Persian authorities of a provisional agreement which assures to American interests all the safeguards to be accorded any other power. Before the Department authorizes your actual conclusion and signature of such an agreement, however, it would desire [Page 714] being informed in somewhat more detail than now regarding its scope and form.
Kellogg