Coll 17/15(1) 'Perso-Iraq Relations: Persia-Iraq frontier; Persia's claim in the Shatt-el-Arab' [‎226r] (462/961)

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The Commission shall make the necessary arrangements for the work of the secretariat,
which shall be responsible for the drafting of the Minutes and for any other work that the ?
Commission may think fit to entrust to it. The members of the secretariat shall be present
at the meetings of the Commission.
VII.
^ Copies of the Minutes shall be communicated in due course by the commissioners
to their respective Governments.
VIII.
The nature of the boundary-marks to be set up shall be decided by the Commission ;
the cost of their erection shall be divided equally between the Ottoman and Persian
Governments. The costs of construction shall be approximately fixed for each stage
by the Commission ; the sum indicated shall then be paid over, half being paid by the
Ottoman and half by the Persian commissioner, and shall be expended under the
supervision of the Sub-Commission provided for in Article IX. The Commission shall
keep accounts with a view to the final allocation of the costs between the two Governments.
IX.
As the position of the boundary-marks is finally fixed, the Commission shall appoint
a Sub-Commission to supervise their erection. This Sub-Commission shall be composed
of not less than two members selected either from among the commissioners or from among
members of the staff. The Sub-Commission shall submit to the Commission a detailed
account of its work at the earliest possible date.
This report shall be inserted in the Minutes of the Commission.
The Sub-Commission may be appointed in a permanent capacity.
X.
In case of need, other special Sub-Commissions may be appointed by the Commission
under the above-mentioned conditions, subject to the approval of their work by the four
commissioners in plenary session.
XI.
Should the commissioners consider it desirable to reinforce their personal escorts, the
Ottoman or Persian commissioner, as the case may be, shall be responsible for making
the necessary representations to the local authorities.
Each commissioner, with his personal escort, shall have the right to cross the frontier
without restriction.
XII.
The Commission shall decide on its movements by joint agreement. Each commissioner
may, however, choose the site for his own camp, on condition that he shall fall m as far as
possible with the movements of the Commission.
XIII.
The Commission shall have the right to adjourn the delimitation of ^P^ 1 ^ of the frontier
temporarily for climatic or other reasons. Decisions to this effect shall be ta en ?y a
majority vote.
XIV.
As soon as possible after the final completion of the work of the Commission, copies
of the map mentioned in Article II, signed by all the commissioners, shall Preparecl
and distributed as follows : to each of the Governments represented on e , ’
one copy ; to the Turkish Embassy and to the Russian and British r f 0 i’
one copy each ; to the Ambassadors of Great Britain, Persia and Russia - ^ - p >
one copy each.
XV.
When supplying the above-mentioned frontier map to the ,descrintion
commissioners shall submit at the same time a statement giving , Commission
of the frontier ; this description shall follow textually that of the Minutes of the Co
and shall bear the signatures of the four commissioners.
Louis Mallet.
Ehtechamos-Saltaneh Mahmud.
Michel de Geers.
Said Halim.
Annex (B).
(Refers to Anglo-Persian Oil Co., not reprinted.