711.9112A/7: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Persia (Philip)
54. Your No. 65, June 25, 10 a.m. Today the Secretary of State handed Persian Minister draft of a proposed treaty of arbitration [Page 747] between the United States and Persia.65 The provisions of the draft text operate to extend policy of arbitration that was enunciated in the arbitration conventions which were concluded in 1908 with more than twenty other countries. Language used in the draft is identical in effect with that of the treaties of arbitration recently signed with Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and Italy,66 and with the drafts which have already been submitted to other governments in the general program looking to the extension of these principles.
The Secretary of State also handed the Minister a proposed draft of a treaty of conciliation modeled after the so-called “Bryan treaties” which were signed by the United States with many other countries in 1913 and 1914.67 The full texts are being forwarded to you in the next pouch.
You may be able to use foregoing advantageously in connection with your negotiations over exchange of notes on personal status and family law jurisdiction.