500.A14/670C: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the American Delegation (Davis)
162. Our 429, June 7, 7 p.m.21 The Senate on June 15 gave its advice and consent to ratification but added the following reservation: [Page 462]
“… subject to the reservation that the said convention shall not come into force so far as the United States is concerned until it shall have come into force in respect to Belgium, the British Empire, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics, and with the further understanding that such adherence to this treaty shall not be construed as denying any right of sovereignty which the Kingdom of Persia may have in and to the Persian Gulf or to the waters thereof.”
The portion of this reservation which pertains to the Persian Gulf was unsuccessfully opposed by the Department.
The Department will telegraph when the President ratifies.