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The Near East and Africa:

Contents

Afghanistan: (Documents 457–468)
- Granting by Afghanistan of an oil concession to the Inland Exploration Company (Documents 457–461)
- Consideration by the Department of State of proposals to establish diplomatic representation in Afghanistan (Documents 462–468)
Egypt: (Documents 469–505)
- Conference at Montreux for the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt, April 12–May 8, 1937 (Documents 469–497)
- Consideration of advisability of proposing the negotiation of a consular convention between the United States and Egypt (Documents 498–501)
- Renewed proposals by the United States regarding the negotiation of an extradition treaty with Egypt (Documents 502–505)
Ethiopia: (Documents 506–561)
- Withdrawal of American diplomatic and consular representatives from Ethiopia (Documents 506–538)
- Repressive measures by the Italian authorities against foreign missionary activities in Ethiopia (Documents 539–561)
Iran: (Documents 562–595)
- Reluctance of the United States to appoint a Minister to Iran; continued absence of Iranian representation in the United States (Documents 562–572)
- Resumption by Iran of delivery of second class mail from the United States after further inquiries by the United States (Documents 573–577)
- Grant of an oil concession by the Iranian Government to the Amiranian Oil Company (Documents 578–593)
- Representations by the United States regarding discrimination against American trade resulting from the German-Iranian convention for the regulation of payments of October 30, 1935 (Documents 594–595)
Iraq: (Documents 596–601)
- Negotiations between the United States and Iraq regarding proposed treaty of commerce and navigation (Documents 596–601)
Liberia: (Documents 602–649)
- Proposed new treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation between the United States and Liberia (Documents 602–608)
- Proposed consular convention between the United States and Liberia (Documents 609–612)
- Treaty of extradition between the United States and Liberia, signed at Monrovia, November 1, 1937
- Representations by the United States regarding Liberian customs regulations affecting free entry privileges for missionaries and diplomatic officers (Documents 613–620)
- Concern of the United States regarding rumored Polish ambitions in Liberia (Documents 621–627)
- Concern of the Department of State regarding possibility of German financial interest in proposed Dutch mineral concession (NEEP) in Liberia (Documents 628–649)
Morocco: (Documents 650–671)
- Proposed abolition of capitulatory rights of the United States in the French Zone of Morocco (Documents 650–671)
Palestine: (Documents 672–716)
- Interest of the United States in British proposals for the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews (Documents 672–716)
Syria and the Lebanon: (Documents 717–731)
- Confirmation by the French High Commission of the continued application of the Knabenshue–Gouraud Agreement regarding protection by the United States of naturalized Americans of Syrian or Lebanese origin (Documents 717–731)
- Agreement between the United States and France regarding customs privileges for educational, religious, and philanthropic institutions in Syria and the Lebanon
Tanganyika Territory: (Documents 732–733)
- Reservation by the United States of its rights as affected by changes of the frontier between the mandated territories of Tanganyika and Ruanda Urundi (Documents 732–733)
Turkey: (Documents 734–752)
- Preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and Turkey (Documents 734–748)
- Adjustment of payments due to the United States by Turkey under the agreement of December 24, 1923, and subsequent supplemental agreements (Documents 749–752)