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r 1th rio^renc^ to r«Dres«s>ntation8 made by the
American Ambassador to the Pcreign Secretary In December,
it may "be well to draw attention to General Dawes*
letter to Sir John Simon of December 22, pointing out
the Mining .Lease Act of February 25, 1920, regarding
.anis under which British subjects are given tha same
treatment as American citizens. The text of this letter
reads as follows;
'London, December 22, i93lo
''My dear Sir John:
'In furtherance of my remarks to you the
ether day regarding the Koweit oil concession,
venture to set forth below the pertinent
section of the United States Mining Lease Act
of February 25, 1920, under which you will
'otic© that British subjects receive the same
treatment as American citizens:
(Public~No» 141^56th Congress)
"'(S. 2776)o
An Act To promote the mining of coal,
ohos^hate, oil, oil shale, gas and sodium
on the -nublic dometn*
" 'Be It enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled. That deposits of coal,
phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas, and
lands containing such deoosits owned by the
United States, including those in national
forests, but excluding lands acquired under the
.Act known as the Ap-oalachian Forest Act,
aooroved March 1, i911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes,
page 961), and those in national parks, and
in lands withdrawn or reserved for military or
naval uses or purposes, except as hereinafter
provided, shall be subject to disposition in
the form and maimer provided by this Act to
citizens of the United States, or to any
aosociGtlon of such persons, or to any corporation
organized under the laws of the United States,
or of any State or Territory thereof, and in
the case of coal, oil, oil shale, or gas, to
i /nnicipalities: Provided, That the United States
reserves the right to extract heliun from all
(ras produced from lands permitted, leased or
otherwise granted under the provisions of this
. ct, under such rules and regulations as shall
be/