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 1328 Declaration of pur- pose; compliance. Proclamation; rati- fication; entry into force. Duration. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [58 STAT. (c) relating to prison-made goods; (d) relating to the enforcement of police or revenue laws; (e) relating to the importation or exportation of gold or silver; (f) relating to the control of the export or sale for export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war, and, in exceptional cir- cumstances, all other military supplies; (g) relating to neutrality; (h) relating to public security, or imposed for the protection of the country's essential interests in time of war or other national emergency. ARTIcLE XIII The Government of the United States of America and the Imperial Government of Iran declare that the purpose of this Agreement is to grant mutual and reciprocal concessions and advantages for the promotion of commercial relations between the two countries; and that each and every one of the provisions contained herein shall be complied with and interpreted in accordance with this spirit and intention. ARTILE XIV This Agreement shall be proclaimed by the President of the United States of America and shall be ratified by the National Assembly (Majlis) of Iran. It shall enter into force on the thirtieth day fol- lowing the exchange of the proclamation and the instrument of rati- fication, which shall take place in Washington as soon as possible. AwTICLE XV Subject to the provisions of Article IX, this Agreement shall remain in force for a term of three years from the date of entry into force pursuant to Article XIV, and, unless at least six months before the expiration of the aforesaid term of three years, the Government of either country shall have given notice to the other Government of intention to terminate the Agreement upon the expiration of that term, the Agreement shall remain in force thereafter, subject to the provisions of Article IX, until six months from the date on which the Government of either country shall have given notice to the other Government of intention to terminate the Agreement. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement and have affixed their seals hereto. Done in duplicate, in the English and Persian languages, both authentic, in Washington, this eighth day of April 1943. FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: CORDELL HuL [SEAL] Secretary of State of the United States of America FOR HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE SHAH-IN -SHAH OF IRAN M. SHArES-H [sEAL] Envoy Extraordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiaryof Iran at Washington

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