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would fix the date at which shall take place the meeting with the representatives of the American Farm Board.

The Minister of Egypt avails himself [etc.]
WASHINGTON, September 22, 1931.

SESOSTRIS SIDAROUSS

561.321D1/45

The Secretary of State to the Egyptian Minister (Sidarouss Pasha)

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Minister of Egypt and has the honor to acknowledge the Minister's Note Verbale of September 22, 1931, stating that the Egyptian Government concurs in the suggestion contained in the Secretary's Note Verbale of September 18, 1931, that it might be advantageous if representatives of the Egyptian Government were designated to hold informal discussions with the Federal Farm Board regarding possible methods of cooperation in handling the stocks of cotton held by the governmental agencies of the two countries.

While the Farm Board does not wish to limit the field of discussion arbitrarily, it will not be able, as was pointed out in the Note Verbale of September 18, 1931, to give consideration to programs calling for limitation of production or control of the exports of privately owned cotton.

The Federal Farm Board will be glad to start the proposed informal discussions at any time which may be convenient to the Egyptian representatives. The Board requests, however, that it be informed as far in advance as possible of the date on which the Egyptian representatives will arrive in Washington.34

WASHINGTON, September 25, 1931.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EGYPT FOR ARBITRATION OF THE CLAIM OF GEORGE J. SALEM, SIGNED JANUARY 20, 1931

[For other documents relating to the claim of George J. Salem (Salm) against Egypt, including correspondence between the American and Egyptian Governments, see:

Department of State, Arbitration Series No. 4 (parts 1 to 6), Salem Claim: Claim of the United States of America on behalf of George J. Salem v. the Royal Government of Egypt Under Protocol of January 20, 1931 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1932, 1933, 1935):

"On December 2, 1931, the Egyptian First Secretary of Legation (Ismael Bey) informed the Department that it was clearly understood that the Egyptian Government was to set a date (561.321D1/52). Discussions took place at Washington in 1933.

(1) Case of the United States; Counter Case of the United States; Reply of the United States (1933);

(2) Brief of the United States (1933);

(3) Case of Egypt; Annexes A-D (1932);

(4) Counter Case of Egypt; Reply of Egypt; Brief of Egypt; Annexes E-G (1932);

(5) Oral Arguments, Vienna, Austria, November 20 to December 22, 1931 (in two volumes, 1935);

(6) Award of the Arbitral Tribunal; Dissenting Opinion of Hon. Fred K. Nielsen (1933).

Senate Document No. 261, 71st Cong., 3d sess.: Claim of George J. Salem Against the Government of Egypt.

Arbitration of the Claim of George J. Salem Against the Government of Egypt: Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, 71st Cong., 3d sess., on H. J. Res. 485, February 10, 1931 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1931).

Department of State, Press Releases, August 1, 1931 (No. 220), pages 115-116, press release of July 27, 1931.

Green Haywood Hackworth, Digest of International Law, volume II (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1941), pages 496, 514– 515, 544, citations relating to the "Salem claim".]

Executive Agreement Series No. 33

Agreement Between the United States of America and Egypt, Signed at Cairo, January 20, 1931 25

Whereas the Government of the United States of America has presented to the Royal Government of Egypt a claim on behalf of George J. Salem for damages resulting from acts of the Egyptian authorities; Whereas the Royal Government of Egypt has denied its liability in the premises; and

Whereas the two Governments are equally committed to the policy of submitting to adjudication by a competent tribunal all justiciable controversies that arise between them which do not lend themselves to settlement by diplomatic negociations,

Therefore the undersigned William M. Jardine, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States and His Excellency Abdel Fattah Yehia Pasha, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Royal Government of Egypt duly empowered therefore by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the stipulations contained in the following articles:

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ARTICLE 1

The claim of the United States against the Royal Government of Egypt arising out of treatment accorded George J. Salem an American citizen by Egyptian authorities shall be referred to an Arbitral Tribunal in conformity with the conditions herein-after stated, the decision of the said Tribunal to be accepted by both Governments as a final, conclusive and unappealable disposition of the claim.

ARTICLE 2

The Tribunal shall be composed of three members one selected by the Government of the United States, one by the Government of Egypt and the third who shall preside over the Commission should be selected by mutual agreement between the two Governments. If the two Governments shall not agree within one month from the date of the signature of this agreement in naming such third member then he shall be designated by the President of the Permanent Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.

ARTICLE 3

The questions to be decided by the Tribunal are the following: first, is the Royal Government of Egypt under the principles of law and equity liable in damages to the Government of the United States of America on account of treatment accorded to the American citizen George J. Salem? Second, in case the Arbitral Tribunal finds that such liability exists what sum should the Royal Government of Egypt in justice pay to the Government of the United States in full settlement of such damages?

ARTICLE 4

The procedure to be followed by the two Governments and by the Tribunal shall be as follows: Within ninety days from the date of the signing hereof the Government of the United States and the Government of Egypt shall respectively file with the Tribunal and with the Foreign Office of the other Government a statement of its case with supporting evidence.

Within ninety days from the expiration of such period the two Governments shall in like manner file their respective counter-cases with supporting evidence with the Tribunal and with the Foreign Office of the other Government.

Within sixty days from the expiration of this latter period each Government shall file in the same manner a reply to the counter-case of the other Government or notice that no such reply will be filed. Such replies if made shall be limited to the treatment of questions

already developed in the cases and counter-cases and no new issues shall be raised or treated of therein.

ARTICLE 5

The two Governments shall have the right to submit to the Tribunal both orally and in writing such arguments as they may desire but briefs of all written arguments shall be filed with the Tribunal and with the agent of the other Government not less than ten days before the time set for oral argument.

Ample time shall be allowed the representatives of both Governments to make oral arguments of the case before the Tribunal. Such arguments shall take place in Vienna and shall begin not more than sixty days from the expiration of the date for filing replies or notices that no replies will be filed.

ARTICLE 6

Each Government shall designate an agent and such counsel as it may desire to represent it in the presentation of the case to the Tribunal and otherwise

ARTICLE 7

The decision of the Tribunal shall be given within two months from the date of the conclusion of the oral arguments and in case an award is made against the Royal Government of Egypt the amount thereof shall be paid to the Government of the United States within ninety days from the date of the said award.

ARTICLE 8

All written proceedings in connection with this arbitration shall be in both the French and English languages. The oral arguments before the arbitral commission may be made in either English or French but a translation thereof shall be submitted to the Tribunal and to the agent of the other Government at the end of each argument.

ARTICLE 9

Each Government shall bear its own expenses including compensation of the arbitrator named by it.

The compensation of the third Arbitrator and general expenses of the arbitration shall be borne by the two Governments in equal proportions.

Done in duplicate in the English and French languages at Cairo the twentieth day of January A. D. 1931.

WILLIAM M. JARDINE
A. YEHIA

EL SALVADOR

REVOLUTION IN EL SALVADOR

816.00 Revolutions/1: Telegram

The Minister in El Salvador (Curtis) to the Secretary of State

SAN SALVADOR, December 3, 1931-7 a. m. [Received 10:30 a. m.]

97. Revolution broke out last night and controls the city completely which history shows probably means final success. President is bringing troops from Santa Tecla.1 I am trying to minimize

bloodshed.

CURTIS

816.00 Revolutions/2: Telegram

The Minister in El Salvador (Curtis) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]

SAN SALVADOR, December 3, 1931-11 a. m. [Received 4: 40 p. m.]

98. My 97, December 3, 7 a. m. I have arranged a truce between the opposing forces in San Salvador. Part of the National Guard and two regiments control most of San Salvador. Cavalry regiment and police are loyal. The leadership of the revolution is in the hands of officers who appear to have no capacity and no fixed plan beyond getting rid of the present government. I have arranged a 2-hour armistice from the time the revolutionists handed me their conditions for delivery to President Araujo. The revolution appears to be limited to the military mentioned above, the civil population apparently being decidedly in favor of the President.2

CURTIS

1For correction of this statement, see par. 2 of despatch No. 26, December 15, from the Minister in El Salvador, p. 197.

2 For correction of this statement, see par. 3 of despatch No. 26, December 15, from the Minister in El Salvador, p. 197.

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