the Government thereof; one member shall be chosen by each Government from some third country; the fifth member shall be chosen by common agreement between the two Governments, it being understood that he shall not be a citizen of either country. The expenses of the Commission shall be paid by the two Governments in equal proportions. The International Commission shall be appointed within six months after the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and vacancies shall be filled according to the manner of the original appointment. ARTICLE III In case the High Contracting Parties shall have failed to adjust a dispute by diplomatic methods, and they do not have recourse to adjudication by a competent tribunal, they shall at once refer it to the International Commission for investigation and report. The International Commission may, however, spontaneously by unanimous agreement offer its services to that effect, and in such case it shall notify both Governments and request their cooperation in the investigation. The High Contracting Parties agree to furnish the Permanent International Commission with all the means and facilities required for its investigation and report. The report of the Commission shall be completed within one year after the date on which it shall declare its investigation to have begun, unless the High Contracting Parties shall limit or extend the time by mutual agreement. The report shall be prepared in triplicate; one copy shall be presented to each Government, and the third retained by the Commission for its files. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to act independently on the subject matter of the dispute after the report of the Commission shall have been submitted. ARTICLE IV The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Egypt in accordance with its constitutional laws. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible, and the treaty shall take effect on the date of the exchange of the ratifications. It shall thereafter remain in force continuously unless and until terminated by one year's written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty in duplicate, and hereunto affixed their seals. Done at Washington the 27th day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT IN CUSTOMS MATTERS Exchange of notes at Cairo May 24, 1930 Entered into force May 24, 1930 Supplemented by understanding of May 4 and August 15, 19461 47 Stat. 2583; Executive Agreement Series 5 The Minister of Foreign Affairs to the American Minister No. 1.7/3 (32) MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE, [TRANSLATION] MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Referring to correspondence exchanged between Your Excellency and this Ministry with regard to the conclusion of a provisional commercial agreement between the United States of America and Egypt, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Egyptian Government is willing to apply unconditional most favored nation treatment to all products, of the soil and industry, originating in the United States of America imported into Egypt and destined either for consumption or re-exportation or in transit. The said treatment will also be applied provisionally to products imported into Egypt through countries which have not completed commercial agreements with Egypt. This régime is accorded by Egypt on condition of perfect reciprocity and with the exception of the régime accorded to Sudanese products, or the régime which might be applied by Egypt to products of certain border countries by virtue of regional conventions and with the exception of the treatment which the United States accords or may hereafter accord to the commerce of Cuba or of any of the territories or possessions of the United States or the Panama Canal Zone or the treatment which is or may hereafter be accorded to the commerce of the United States with any of its territorial boundaries or possessions or to the commerce of its territories or possessions with one another. The present arrangement does not apply to prohibitions or restrictions of 1TIAS 1572, post, p. 1362. a sanitary character or designed to protect human, animal, or plant life or regulations for the enforcement of police or revenue laws. The present agreement will enter into force as soon as Your Excellency is good enough to confirm the consent of your Government thereto and shall continue in force until ninety days after notice of its termination shall have been given by either party unless sooner terminated by mutual agreement. If, however, either party should be prevented by the future action. of its Legislature from carrying out the terms of the agreement the obligations thereof shall thereupon lapse. I avail myself of the occasion to renew to you, Mr. Minister, the assurance of my high consideration. The Minister for Foreign Affairs His Excellency Mr. FRANKLIN MOTT GUNTHER Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's Note No. 1. 7/3 (32), of May 24, 1930, the agreed English text of which is as follows: [For text of Egyptian note, see above.] In reply I have the honor to inform Your Excellency of my Government's acquiescence in the terms of the above mentioned Note thus establishing a Provisional Commercial Accord, and avail myself of the occasion to renew to you, Mr. Minister, the assurance of my high consideration. FRANKLIN MOTT GUNTHER His Excellency American Minister WACYF BOUTROS GHALI PASHA Minister for Foreign Affairs The Royal Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs Cairo NARCOTIC DRUGS Exchange of notes at Alexandria June 20, 1930, and at Cairo August 26, The Legation of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Royal Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to state that it is in receipt of a communication from the Honorable the Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., informing it of the desire expressed by the Treasury Department of the United States that, with a view to bringing about a stricter control of the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs, a closer cooperation be established between the administrative officials of the United States and those of certain foreign countries. To this end the Legation has the honor to enquire whether the Royal Egyptian Government would be disposed, as has been done through informal arrangements already accepted by seventeen countries, to arrange for: 1. The direct exchange between the Treasury Department and the corresponding office in Egypt of information and evidence with reference to persons engaged in the illicit traffic. This would include such information as photographs, criminal records, finger prints, Bertillon measurements, description of the methods which the persons in question have been found to use, the places from which they have operated, the partners they have worked with, etc. 2. The immediate direct forwarding of information by letter or cable as to the suspected movements of narcotic drugs, or of those involved in smuggling drugs, if such movements might concern the other country. Unless such information as this reaches its destination directly and speedily it is useless. 3. Mutual cooperation in detective and investigating work. The Legation has the honor to add in this connection that the officer of the United States Treasury Department who would have charge, on behalf of the American Government, of the cooperation in the suppression of the illicit traffic in narcotics is Mr. H. J. Anslinger, whose mail and telegraph address is Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. In case the proposed arrangement meets with the approval of the Royal Government the Legation would be pleased to be informed of the name of the official with whom Mr. Anslinger should communicate. The Legation has the honor to enquire also, in the event that the proposed arrangement proves acceptable to the Royal Government, whether the Royal Ministry would have any objection to the publication of the note of accept ance. As of interest in this connection the Legation has the honor to enclose a copy of BULLETIN OF TREATY INFORMATION No. 5, July 1929, published by the Department of State, Washington, which contains the texts of the arrangements entered into between the United States and other Govern ments. The Legation of the United States of America avails itself of the opportunity to renew to the Royal Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs the assurance of its high consideration. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Legation of the United States of America and, referring to its Note No. 40.2/6 (42) of June 20, 1930, has the honor to inform the Legation that it perceives no objection to adopting the proposed procedure, between the interested departments of the two Governments, for the direct and immediate exchange of information regarding the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs. The Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau is the office charged with the control of the illicit traffic of drugs in Egypt. It is attached to the Government at Cairo and is under the direction of H. E. Russel Pasha, Commandant of the Cairo City Police. His telegraphic address is "Kharab”. |