10. Antifading antennas 11. Single side band in broadcasting 12. Revision and renumbering of opinions 13. Radio symbols and terminology 14. Methods of measuring radio field intensity and noise 15. Measurement and tolerances, electrical interference to broadcasting 16. Reduction of electrical interference by procedures at the receiver 17. Measurement and tolerances, background noise 18. High-frequency ship-calling frequencies and procedure 20. Frequency tolerances. Of these questions, numbers 3, 4, 10, and 11 deal specifically with problems of broadcasting; numbers 6, 8, and 18 concern the users of radio in marine navigation; numbers 5, 15, and 16 have to do with the interference to radio reception from electrical sources. The other questions are of general interest to all radio services. As the result of discussion of the foregoing agenda, the Bucharest meeting adopted 21 recommendations or opinions, as follows, the numbering being consecutive with opinions resulting from the previous meetings: 78. Classification of all opinions of the C. C. I. R. 79. Method of measuring harmonics (above 3,000 kilocycles) 80. Limitation of power of harmonics (above 3,000 kilocycles) 81. Synchronization of broadcast-station frequencies 82. Frequency separation between broadcast stations 83. Selectivity of radio receivers 84. Vocabulary of radio terms in six languages 85. Classification of frequencies and wave lengths 86. Antifading antennas 87. Radio-wave propagation 88. Measurement and tolerances, electrical interference to broadcasting 89. Characteristics of frequencies for direction finding 90. Field intensities required for reception 91. High-frequency ship-calling frequencies and procedure 92. Reduction of interference in shared bands 93. Frequency tolerances 94. Radio symbols 95. Reduction of electrical interference 96. Background noise 97. Reduction of electrical interference by procedures at the receiver 98. Participation of League of Nations in C. C. I. R. The Bucharest meeting also decided upon the following questions for the agenda of the next meeting of the C. C. I. R., to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, at a time yet to be determined: 1. Methods of measuring radio receiver selectivity 3. High-frequency ship-calling frequencies and procedure 4. Side-band suppression 5. Antifading antennas 6. Receiver selectivity requirements 7. Vocabulary of radio terms 8. Measurement methods and tolerances for electrical interfer ence 9. Indication of power of transmitter with directional antenna 10. Frequency tolerances 11. Frequency separation between stations, in fixed and mobile services 12. Radio-wave propagation 13. Characteristics of frequencies for direction finding 14. Field intensities required for reception 15. Background noise of transmitters 16. Background noise of receivers 17. Sensitivity of radio receivers 18. Radio conditions affecting phototelegraph transmission 20. Amendment or elimination of opinions. TRANSIT CONVENTION ON THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY 21 United States The Assistant Director of the Pan American Union transmitted to the Secretary of State with a communication dated August 6, 1937, a certified copy of the instrument of ratification by the United States, together with a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of the said instrument, of the convention on the Pan American Highway, signed at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936. The deposit of ratification took place on July 29, 1937. PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ROAD CONGRESSES Pursuant to Public Act No. 22, 74th Congress, approved March 22, 1935, this Government renewed its participation in the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses, whose present headquarters are at 203, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris (VII). The President approved the appointment of 15 representatives of the United States on the Permanent International Commission and 3 of those representatives constitute the Permanent Council. The appointment of each is for the period of incumbency of the office under which title the designation is made and for that reason there have been several changes in the personnel since the original appointments were made. The representatives of the United States now 21 See Bulletin No. 94, July 1937, p. 27. serving on the International Commission and the Council are as follows: Representatives of the United States on the Permanent International The Honorable George S. Messersmith, Assistant Secretary of Alexander V. Dye, Director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Henry C. MacLean, Commercial Attaché at Paris, Department of Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief, United States Bureau of Public H. S. Fairbank, Chief, Division of Information, United States T. H. Cutler, President, American Association of State Highway Colonel Willard T. Chevalier, President, American Road John Q. Rhodes, Jr., President, Association of Motor Vehicles James D. Mooney, Chairman, Highways Committee, Automobile Pyke Johnson, Vice President, Automobile Manufacturers Asso- The Honorable Carl Hayden, Committee on Post Offices and Post The Honorable Wilburn Cartwright, Chairman, Committee on Charles H. Purcell, State Highway Engineer, Sacramento, Calif. Henry G. Shirley, Commissioner, Department of Highways, Members of the Permanent Council Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief, United States Bureau of Public James D. Mooney, Chairman, Highways Committee, Automobile Henry C. MacLean, Commercial Attaché at Paris, Department Mr. Cutler replaced Mr. Gibb Gilchrist on the Permanent International Commission; Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Lew E. Wallace; Mr. Messersmith, Mr. Wilbur J. Carr; and Mr. Mooney now fills the places on the Permanent International Commission and on the Permanent Council formerly held by Mr. Alfred H. Swayne. MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITIONS CONVENTION CONCERNING ARTISTIC EXHIBITIONS 1 United States The Assistant Director of the Pan American Union transmitted to the Secretary of State with a communication dated August 6, 1937, a certified copy of the instrument of ratification by the United States, together with a certified copy of the procès-verbal of the deposit of the said instrument, of the convention concerning artistic exhibitions, signed at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936. The deposit of ratification took place on July 29, 1937. TEXTS OF TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS EASTERN PACT OF FRIENDSHIP AND NONAGGRESSION (SAADABAD TREATY)1 His Majesty the Shah-in-Shah of Iran, His Majesty the King of Afghanistan, His Majesty the King of Iraq, and the President of the Turkish Republic, desirous of contributing by all means in their power to the maintenance of friendly relations and understanding between them, animated by a desire to assure the peace and the security of the Near East by guarantees additional to those found in the Covenant of the League of Nations, and thus to contribute to general peace, cognizant of their obligations undertaken by virtue of the Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an instrument of National Policy, signed at Paris, August 27, 1928, and of other treaties to which they are parties, and in harmony with the spirit of the Covenant of the League of Nations and of the Treaty for the Renunciation of War, have decided to conclude the present treaty and with this end in view, nominate: His Majesty the Shah-in-Shah of Iran: His Excellency Enayetollah Samy, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, His Majesty the King of Afghanistan: His Excellency Faiz Mohammed Han, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, His Majesty the King of Iraq: His Excellency Dr. Nadjial-Asil, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, The President of the Turkish Republic: His Excellency Dr. Rustu Aras, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. ARTICLE I. The high contracting parties mutually undertake to pursue a policy of absolute abstention from interference in their respective internal affairs. ARTICLE II. The high contracting parties mutually undertake to respect the inviolability of their common frontiers. ARTICLE III. The high contracting parties agree to confer on all international conflicts affecting their common interests. ARTICLE IV. Each of the high contracting parties undertakes, in relation to the other parties, to abstain in all cases, either alone or in conjunction with one or more third powers, from any act of aggres 1 See ante, p. 5. Translation by the Embassy at Istanbul from text as published in the Turkish press. |