ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [و‎‎١‎٦‎٧] (٥٥٨/٣٢٧)

’ PERSIA— APPENDIX NO. XXV—1921. IxxxVji
At the same time, in view of the repugnance which the Russian Federal Govern
ment feels to enjoying the fruit of the policy of usurpation of the Tsarist
Government, it renounces all claim to the Achouradeh Islands and to the other
islands on the Astrabad Littoral, and restores to Persia the village of Firouzeh
tt nd the adjacent land ceded to Russia in virtue of the Convention of May 28, 1893.
The Persian Government agrees for its part that the Russian Sarakhs, or “ old ”
Sarakhs, and the land adjacent to the Sarakhs River, shall be retained by Russia.
The two High Contracting Parties shall have equal rights of usage over the
Atrak River and the other frontier rivers and waterways. In order finally to
solve the question of the waterways and all disputes concerning frontiers or terri
tories, a Commission, composed of Russian and Persian representatives, shall be
appointed.
Article 4.
In consideration of the fact that each nation has the right to determine freely
its political destiny, each of the two Contracting Parties formally expresses its
desire to abstain from any intervention in the internal affairs of the other.
Article 5.
The two High Contracting Parties undertake
(1) To prohibit the formation or presence within their respective territories
ol any organizations or groups of persons, irrespective of the name by which they
are known, whose object is to engage in acts of hostility against Persia or Russia,
or against the Allies of Russia.
They will likewise prohibit the formation of armed troops within their respective
territories with the aforementioned object.
( 2 ) Not to allow a r third Party or any organization, whatever it be called, which
L hostile to the other Contracting Party, to import or to convey in transit across
their countries material which can be used against the other Party.
(3) To prevent by all means in their power the presence within their territories
or within the territories of their Allies of all armies or forces of a third Party in
cases in which the presence of such forces would be regarded as a menace to the
frontiers, interests or safety of the other Contracting Party.
Article 6.
If a third Party should attempt to carry out a policy of usurpation by means
of armed intervention in Persia, or if such Power should desire to use Persian
territory as a base of operations against Russia, or if a Foreign Power should
threaten the frontiers of Federal Russia or those of its Allies, and if the Persian
Government should not be able to put a stop to such menace after having been
once called upon to do so by Russia, Russia shall have the right to advance her
troops into the Persian interior for the purpose of carrying out the military opera
tions necessary for its defence. Russia undertakes, however, to withdraw her
troops from Persian territory as soon as the danger has been removed.