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 CONVENTION-AMERICAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ. JAN. 9, 1930. 2. The valuation of Be. 72,19t>OO shall be treated as a debt of the Port Trust to His lSritannic Majest-,,'s Government. The terms and conditions on which the Port Trust shall operate shall be subject to the approval of His Britannia Majesty's Government, and shall be dealt with by sepal-ate arrangement in consultation with the Government of I~, who hereby ~ to facilitate the negotiations for the establishment of the Port Trust, and to secure the posi- tion in Iraq of the said Port Trust by such legislation as may be necessary. ARTICLE 11. 1. The Government of Iraq agree that all lands and buil~, the property of the Iraq Government now in the occupation of 1IiS Britannic Majesty's Government for military and other purposes, shall remain in the undisturbed occupation of His Britannic Majesty's Government until such time as they are no lo~r reqUired: provided that after the termination of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty and subject to the provisions of any further treaty or agreement which may be concluded in pursuance of the protocol to the said treaty, His Britannic Majesty's Government shall not retain such land or buildings for a period longer than may be reasonably necessary for the sale or disposal of any buildings or works, the property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, SItuate thereon. 2. The Iraq Government agree to transfer to His Britannic Majesty's Government, free of charge, waste Government land t:.e<J.uired for military and other purposes by His Britannic Majesty's Government, and such land as well as the buildinr thereon, or to be erected thereon, shall remain the property: 0 His Britannic Majesty:'s Government for so lo~ as such land and buildinas are required by His Britannic Majesty's Government, providea that after the termination of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty, and subject to the provisions of any further treaty or agreement which may be con- cluded in pursuance of the protocol to the said treaty, His Britannic Majesty's Government shall not require the transfer of any further waste Government land for military purposes, and shall not retain any such land already so transferred for military purposes for a period lo~er than may be reasonably necessary for the disposal of such land and the buildings thereon as provided in sub-clause 5 of this article. S. Privately-owned land or buildings required at any time before the termination of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty by His Britannic Majesty's Government for military and other purposes shall at the request of His Britannic Majesty's Government 00 acquired or leased by the Iraq Government under such Expropriation Law as may from time to time be in force, and the I~ Government shall receIve the pur- chase price or rental from His Britannic Majesty's Government. The Iraq Government agree to promulgate such legislation as may be necessary for the compulsory acquisition or leasing of an, private~l-owned land or buildings required by His ~ritanmc Majesty s Government for military and other purposes, and any such l~lation shall, in the case of land compulsorily leased on behalf of His Britannic Majesty's Government, empower His Britannic Majesty's Government on or before the expiration of such lease to remove any works or buil~ erected on such land by His Britannic Majesty's Government, and shall further provide that z where the land or building is to be acquired or leased on behalf of His Britannic Majesty's Government, a. representative of His 3051°--33 - -PT2 -- - -15 1851